familyCannaceae
genusCanna

Canna glauca

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 1. 1753.

Common names: Louisiana canna
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Rhizomes far-creeping, 0.5–1.5 cm diam. Leaves: sheath and blade glaucous; blade narrowly ovate, 28–70 × 1.5–14 cm, base cuneate, apex very gradually narrowing to acute. Inflorescences racemes, simple or occasionally branched, bearing 2-flowered cincinni, more than 10 flowers per inflorescence; primary bracts 10–30 cm; secondary bracts 5–20 cm; floral bracts persistent, (broadly) ovate-triangular, 0.7–2.5 × 0.4–1 cm, apex entire or irregularly lobed, glaucous; bracteoles (broadly) ovate-triangular, 0.3–2 cm × 4–8 mm, apex entire or irregularly lobed. Flowers pure yellow, 7.5–10 cm; pedicels short, to 0.5 cm; sepals narrowly elliptic-triangular, 1.2–2 × 0.3–0.5 cm; petals erect, 5–9 cm, tube 1–2 cm, lobes narrowly ovate, 4–7 × 0.7–1.1 cm; staminodes 4, narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, 7.5–10 cm, free part 0.5–2.3 cm wide, apex sometimes slightly notched; labellum strongly reflexed, linear, approximately equal to other staminodes. Capsules globose to ellipsoid, 2–5 × 2–4 cm. Seeds brown, ovoid, 7–10 × 6–8 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering summer; fruiting summer–fall (Jun–Sep).
Habitat: Margins of marshes, swamps, ponds, and wet ditches
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Fla., La., S.C., Tex., West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Canna glauca is introduced in Florida and probably in South Carolina.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Canna glauca"
notched;lobed;entire;lobed;entire;acute +
narrowing +
W. John Kress +  and Linda M. Prince +
Linnaeus +
cuneate +
28 cm280 mm <br />0.28 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
ovate-triangular +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
globose;ellipsoid +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Louisiana canna +
monochasial +
Fla. +, La. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America +
0–100 m +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Margins of marshes, swamps, ponds, and wet ditches +
branched +  and simple +
3cm +  and 9cm +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
differentiated +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
3-carpellate +
few;numerous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
colored +  and green +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
differentiated +
not differentiated +
Flowering summer +  and fruiting summer–fall (Jun–Sep). +
belling1931a +, honing1928a +, lerman1971a +  and yeo1993a +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
medium +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
elliptic-triangular +
differentiated +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
petal-like +
pale-yellow;deep crimson red +
narrowly elliptic;narrowly ovate +
7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
small;large +
petal-like +
Canna glauca +
species +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (500 cm5,000 mm <br />5 m <br />) +