Sabal palmetto
| Sabal palmetto | |
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| Sabal palmetto in habitat, Florida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Sabal |
| Species: | S. palmetto |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabal palmetto | |
| Natural range (excluding Texas and the Yucatán Peninsula) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sabal palmetto (/ˈseɪbəl/, SAY-bəl), also known as cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, sabal palm, blue palmetto, Carolina palmetto, common palmetto, Garfield's tree, and swamp cabbage, is one of 15 species of palmetto palm. It is native to the Southeast United States, the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, the West Indies, and the Bahamas.