Washingtonia filifera Uses North America (United States, southwestern area): The pith, a spongy tissue, occupying the center of the fan palm tree. was sometimes eaten as a famine food. by unidentified ...

Filifera, after all, is named for the Washingtonia filifera, or desert fan palm.

True Plant Stories: Washingtonia robustaGetting something for nothing always makes us happy, but sometimes we can get more than we bargained for. Take, for example, a Pleasanton man who was ...

Stephen Colbert is expanding his relationship with Comedy Central with two new animated projects – a series and a feature.