How to grow Coontie

Zamia integrifolia

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How long does Coontie take to grow?

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Coontie Etymology

This herbaceous plant looks like a small fern or a palm. The coontie has stiff, feather-like leaves up to 3 ft. in length. The coontie is the sole host plant for the larva of the rare Atala butterfly (Eumaeus Atala), once thought to be extinct in Florida.¹

Other names for Coontie

Florida Arrowroot, comfort root, seminole bread

Zamia integrifolia Aiton

Footnotes

¹ edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg347#FIGURE 18