Trithrinax campestris

🌴 Trithrinax campestris – Palma caranday
 📏 Height: 3–6 m | 🌿 Stiff, fan-shaped, grey-blue leaves with spiny edges
 🪵 Thick and fibrous trunk, sometimes multiple
 🌍 Origin
 🇦🇷 Central Argentina | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 🇧🇷 Southern Brazil
 📍 Ideal for
 🏜 Arid, rock, Mediterranean or low-maintenance gardens
 💥 Excellent in full sun exposure and for scenic compositions
 🌼 Blooming
 📅 Spring-Summer
 🌾 Creamy-yellow flowers in compact inflorescences
 🌰 Spherical yellowish fruits, then brown
 💧 Resistance
 🌞 Full sun | 🌵 Drought: excellent | ❄️ Frost: up to –12 / –15 °C
 Salinity: good | Poor but well-drained soil
 🧰 Care
 ✂️ Dry leaves to be removed for cleaning
 ⚠️ Leaves with thorns: handle with gloves
 🌱 Slow growing but extremely resistant and rustic