Mexican Blue Palm
Synonym: Brahea clara, Erythea armata, E. glauca, E. roezlii
Brahea armata
Size: Slowly up to 50 feet tall (15 m) Up to 16 feet (5 m)
Min. Temperature: 10°F (-12°C)
Water Requirements: Little water, good drainage
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Baja California oases, and northwestern Mexico
Germination: erratic, 1 to 12 months. Several years old seed will grow.
Leaf: Costapalmate,
Glaucous blue grey. Stiff, glaucous. 25-30 leaves, divided in 40 to 60 leaflets. Petiole extends to more than half of the central leafblade.,
8-9 feet wide (2.4 to 2.7 m).
not divided, slightly armed with dark thorns, wooly wax cover..
Trunk: Gray, smooth with leaf scars, or occasionally, persistant dead leaves, slightly swollen at the base.,
Up to 18 inches (45 cm).
Flower: hermaphoditic.
Flower stalk coming from between the leaves, much longer than them (up to 15 feet - 4.5 m).
Fruit: brown.
0.8 inch.
round edible.
Seed: round.
