Abstract
The saw palmetto is a creeping, horizontal periennial of the PALMAE family. Saw palmetto usually grows as a small shrub to a height of 0.6–2.1 m. Occasionally, it grows as a small tree with erect or oblique stems, 6–7.5 m tall. In its procumbent form, saw palmetto branches form a tangled mass, with the root crown projecting above to support the foliage. The stem systems run parallel to the soil surface, eventually branching beneath the substrate to form rhizomes. The bright-green, fan-shaped evergreen leaves are approx 1 m wide, with 15 to 30 divisions that are roundish in outline and are borne on slender stalks edged with spines. The white, small flowers are borne on stalked panicles that grow from the leaf axils. The flower spike is thickly hairy and considerably shorter than the leaves.
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