Canna indica
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Read about Canna indica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Canna indica, Linn. (C. patens, Roscoe. C. crocea, Hort. C. tenuiflora and C. spectabilis, Bouche. C. coccinea, Link). Indian Shot. St. slender, glabrous, green, 3-5 ft.: lvs. oblong and acute, green, not glaucous, half as broad as long (1-1½ ft. long): racemes simple or very nearly so and lax, some of the fls. in pairs, the bracts green and nearly orbicular; fls. small; sepals oblong and green,¼ in. long; petals lanceolate, pale green, about 1½ in. long; upper staminodia bright red, entire, 2 in. long but narrow; lip linear, red-yellow, minutely spotted with red: caps, globose, 1 in. diam. W. Indies, Cent, and S. Amer. Naturalized in parts of southern states. B.M. 454. B.R. 776. L.B.C. 17:1693. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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