Sabal palmetto (/ ˈ s eɪ b ə l /, SAY-bəl), also known as cabbage palm, [5] cabbage palmetto, [3] sabal palm, blue palmetto, [3] Carolina palmetto, [6] common palmetto, [6] Garfield's tree, and swamp cabbage, [7] is one of 15 species of palmetto palm.