Trunk usually subterranean. Leaves to about 1 m long, dark green or bluish-green, 4-10 in a sparse crown, usually erect, about 1 m across, divided for most of their length. Leaflets 16-40, entire or shortly lobed, stiff and 1-ribbed. Panicles erect, much longer than the leaves. Fruit round, about 1 cm across, glossy black, about 1 cm wide. [S. louisiana (Darby) Bonhomme]

SE USA

Widely distributed in SE USA, occurring in floodplains, streambanks and swamps. Plants from the western end of their range often develop trunks to 2 m tall.

Commonly grown.

Trunkless palm with a sparse crown of erect dark green or bluish green fan-shaped leaves; panicles erect, much longer than the leaves; fruit small, round, black.

NSW: Sydney (Royal Botanic Garden Sydney).

Ramp & Thien (1995).

Source: Jones, D; Spencer, R. (2005). Arecaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.