A shrub palm valued for its hardiness the dwarf palmetto adds a tropical flair to the landscape
- Also called bush palmetto, swamp palmetto and bluestem palmetto.
- Root juice has been crushed and rubbed into sore eyes as a counterirritant. Leaves have been used to make roofs, fans and baskets.
- Short-trunked with most (if not all) of its trunk below ground. Trunk is usually only visible when grown in standing water.
- Native to the deep southeast and south-central United States and northeastern Mexico.
- Evergreen foliage that is unique and attractive in winter.
- One of the most frost and cold tolerant of North American palms. Also quite hardy through droughts, though leaves may brown.
