Zamia pumila New using the roots

using the roots

or a source of long-lasting cut foliage and flowers

showy red fruit in rounded

for the rounded leaf tips behind the common name

for the sharp point that tips each cladode

Zamia pumila New using the rootsZamia pumila (umbrosa) is the form of this low cycad native in eastern Florida. It has stiff evergreen fern like leaves from a large tuberous root which is the source of arrowroot starch and once much used by the Indians. It is not a palm and is actually more closely related to ferns. It is a popular landscape plant in Florida but hardy in much of the Coastal and Lower South. Somewhat tolerant of salt spray and slightly saline soil. Winter mulch is