Canna glauca

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Canna glauca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Canna glauca, Linn. (C. Schlechtendaliana, Bouche. C. Annaei, Andre. C. mexicana, and C. stolonifera, Bouche. C. lanceolata, Lodd.). St. green and glaucous, 5-6 ft., from a long and stoloniferous rhizome: lvs. green and glaucous, oblong-lanceolate and very acute, tapering both ways (the middle of the blade 4-6 in. wide), white-margined: raceme lax, simple or forked; sepals ovate-obtuse, green, ½ in. long; petals linear -lanceolate, yellow- green, 1½-2 in.; staminodia entire, 2½ -3 in., yellow, not spotted; lip linear or obovate-oblong, emarginate, pale yellow: caps, oblong, 1½-2 in. long. W. Indies, S. Amer. Var. rubro-lutea, Hort., has fls. deep yellow tinted red, or in some portraits represented as deep purple. B.M. 3437. C. longifolia, Bouche, from Mex. and Cent. Amer., has the petals all free, whereas they are united in a tube in C. glauca, and with curved sulfur-yellow fls. C. leucocarpa, Bouche, S. Amer., has petals united into a short tube, the fls. small, pale orange with broad leafy style. C. violacea, Bouche, habitat unknown, has petals united in short tube, fls. violet, strongly gaping, plant deciduous-woolly above. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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