Index / Search / Rhapidophyllum hystrix
§1 Plant
Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude
vernacular needle palm — species · Arecaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Arecaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Rhapidophyllum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 90 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 90 counties across 5 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Wilcox 01131
Florida view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Escambia 12033
- Gadsden 12039
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHHY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5293826 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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