Canna latifolia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Canna latifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Canna latifolia, Miller (C. gigantea, Desf. C. macrophylla, Hort. C. neglecta, Weinm. C. gemella, Nees. C. Altensteinii, Bouche). St. stout, very tall (10-16 ft.) pubescent: lvs. ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, green, but purple-margined when young, the lower ones often 3—4 ft. long: fls. in several racemes forming a panicle, the bracts oblong or the lower ones becoming several inches long; sepals oblong and green, ½in. long, very unequal, petals lanceolate, acuminate, 2 in. long, scarlet; staminodia united into a tube, entire at apex or one of them 2-lobed, somewhat twisted, brick- red; lip brick-red: caps, large. S. Amer. L.B.C. 7:634.―C. heliconiifolia, Bouche, Texas to Venezuela, has the staminodia more or less connivent: fls. orange- red: lvs. long-petioled, more or less woolly, oblong- acuminate: plant 7-8 ft. Var. xalapensis, Kranzl (C. xalapensis, Bouche), has narrower lvs. and smaller stature. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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