Thatch palm, brittle-thatch

Thrinax bahamensis O. F. Cook; T. keyensis Sargent; T. microcarpa Sargent; T. ponceana O. F. Cook; T. praeceps O. F. Cook

Leaves: sheath liguliform opposite petiole; hastula adaxially silky-pubescent; blades glaucous, with dark, minute dots on abaxial surface; segment apices stiff. Fruits: pedicel inconspicuous in fruit. 2n = 36.

Flowering spring--summer. Rocky, calcareous soil of coastal hammocks and scrub; 0--10 m; Fla.; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles).

See Coccothrinax for discussion of hybridization with that genus.