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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 8 to 12 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Other: Male cones are 1 to 2 inches long and dark red in color, female cones are 2 to 3 inches long and dark reddish-brown to gray in color; seeds are orange-red to red.
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Uses: Groundcover
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Dioecious
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (CR)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
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Common names
  • Cycad
  • Dwarf Zamia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Zamia pygmaea
  • Synonym: Zamia pumila subsp. pygmaea

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Location: Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago IL
Date: 2016-05

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