Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash. Common name: Scrub Palmetto, Scrub-cabbage, Corkscrew Palm. Phenology: Late May-Jul. Habitat: Florida scrub. Distribution: Endemic to FL (Clay County, FL south to Miami-Dade County, FL, primarily on the Lake Wales Ridge but also on coastal and intermediate ridges)
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: See Zona & Judd (1986) for extensive information about the ecology and distribution of this species.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, K4, S, WH3, Zona & Judd (1986), Zona (1985), Zona (1990), Zona (1997); = Sabal megacarpa (Chapm.) Small — S13; < Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash. Basionym: Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash 1896
Links to other floras: = Sabal etonia - FNA22
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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