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Sabal pumos
Sabal pumos is a fan palm from the Balsas River valley of central Mexico, occasionally grown as an ornamental. It needs a warm, sunny spot and well-drained soil, and tolerates the seasonal dryness of its native habitat.
Sabal pumos, known as the royal palmetto, is a species of flowering plant in the palm tree family, Arecaceae.
The palm tree is endemic to the Balsas dry forests habitats along the Balsas River in central Mexico. It is occasionally grown as an ornamental.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sabal pumos by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
