Zamia integrifolia

Coontie, arrowroot

Zamiaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

2-3 ft tall by 3-5 ft wide

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

orange, brown

Phenology:

Evergreen. Long-lived.

Noted For:

Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Specimen plant or mass planting in border.

Considerations:

Grows slowly.



Seeds, foliage, and roots are toxic.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11

Ecology

Wildlife:

Caterpillars

Larval host for the rare atala butterfly ( Eumaeus atala florida ) which is restricted to South Florida and the echo moth ( Sierarctia echo ).  

Native Habitats:

Upland hardwood forests, high pine, coastal hammocks, shell middens.