Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Washingtonia filifera, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 37: LXI (1879)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1879	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	California fan palm	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	S. California to SW. Arizona and Mexico (N. Baja California)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1800 cm	1800 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 184, 214, 540, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	black	black · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 540, 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	drupe · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	No source recorded 1 earlier or rejected value Rejected 1500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 184, 214, 540, 882 below the average height (1800 cm) of the same record	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	ornamental, salt_tolerant_ornamental, vegetables · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 341, 414	Not on the record

Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary, 1879 16% complete

California fan palm

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