Editing Brahea armata

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[[File:Brahea_armata.jpg|frame|Figure 1. Very attractive plant of ''B. armata'' with inflorescence.]]
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===Synonymy:===
''Brahea clara''

===Common Names:===
Blue Hesper Palm

===Distribution & Habitat:===
Rocky canyons of Baja, California, and north-western Mexico.

===Description:===
Very distinctive and attractive plant, with large, blue/grey fan leaves.
The trunk gets to about 50cm wide, although it only grows to about 12m tall.

===General:===
A very popular plant in the dry inland areas of the USA, and Mexico.

===Culture:===
Prefers full sun in a dry, very well drained situation. Very slow growing.
Rarely seen in the tropics and sub-tropics, since it is usually too wet,
and humid for them. Very frost resistant.
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[[File:Brahea_armata02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''B. armata'' in habitat, Catavina Boulder Field in BajaCalifornia Norte, Mexico.]]
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[[File:Brahea_armata04.jpg|frame|Figure 3. A classic stand of ''B. armata''.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Rolf Kyburz (Figure 1)<br/>
Brandt Maxwell, '''Brandt's Palm and Tree Page''' (Figure 2)

===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Brahea%20armata Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/9c9841fe-0057-46c5-905c-ab6aea09a8df PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Brahea+armata JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Brahea+armata Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Brahea+armata%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Brahea+armata%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Brahea+armata Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Brahea+armata%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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[[Category:Brahea|armata]]
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