Key to Washingtonia
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1. Mature trunk thick, ± gray, base generally not swollen;
leaf Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).
blade Expanded portion of a leaf, petal, or other structure, generally flat but sometimes rolled, cylindric, wavy, or cupped.
gray-green, forming a loose,
open crown
..... W. filifera 1' Mature trunk slender, ± brown, generally tapering from swollen base; leaf blade bright green, forming a compact crown
..... W. robusta
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