Wendl.
Pronunciation: wash-ing-TONE-ee-a fi-LIF-er-a
Common name: California fan palm
Family: Arecaceae (Palm)
Habitat: Groves in moist places, streamsides below 3500',
seeps, springs, may prefer alkaline soils, creosote bush
scrub, uncommon but locally abundant, north and west
edges of the Colorado Desert, Twenty-Nine Palms area
Blooming period: June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Washingtonia
2) filifera