familyCannaceae
genusCanna

Canna indica

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 1. 1753.

Common names: Indian-shot platanillo
Introduced
Synonyms: Canna coccinea Miller Canna discolor Lindley Canna edulis Ker Gawler Canna lutea Miller Canna warscewiczii Dietrich
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Rhizomes fleshy. Leaves: sheath glabrous; blade narrowly ovate to ovate, 20–60 × 10–30 cm, base obtuse to narrowly cuneate, apex shortly acuminate to acute, abaxially and adaxially glabrous. Inflorescences racemes, sometimes branched, bearing 1-flowered to 2-flowered cincinni, 6–20 per inflorescence; primary bracts to 15 cm; secondary bracts to 9 cm; floral bracts persistent, broadly obovate to narrowly (ob) ovate (-triangular), 0.5–3 × 0.5–1.5 cm, apex entire, often glaucous; bracteoles (ovate-) triangular, 0.5–2 × 0.3–0.8 cm, apex entire. Flowers red to yellow-orange, never pure yellow (except in some hybrid cultivars), 4.5–7.5 cm; pedicels 0.2–1 cm, to 1.5 cm in fruit; sepals narrowly triangular, 0.9–1.7 × 0.2–0.5 cm; petals erect, 4–6.5 cm, tube 0.5–1.5 cm, lobes lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 3.5–5 × 0.4–0.7 cm; staminodes 3–4, narrowly obovate to spatulate, 4.5–7.5 cm, free part 0.3–0.5 cm wide, apex rounded, acute, or cleft; labellum reflexed, narrowly oblong, approximately equal to other staminodes. Capsules ellipsoid to nearly globose, 1.5–3 × 1.5–2 cm. Seeds black, globose to nearly globose, 5–8 × 4–6.7 mm diam. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering primarily spring–summer; fruiting summer–early fall.
Habitat: Often, if not always, in secondary growth and waste places
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Apparently, Fla., La., S.C., Tex.

Discussion

Canna indica is probably native to neotropics and is now common throughout tropics and subtropics.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Canna indica"
glaucous +  and glabrous +
cleft;acute;cleft;acute;rounded;shortly acuminate;acute +
W. John Kress +  and Linda M. Prince +
Linnaeus +
obtuse;narrowly cuneate +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
narrowly ovate;ovate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
triangular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
ellipsoid;nearly globose +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1-flowered;2-flowered +
Indian-shot +  and platanillo +
monochasial +
Apparently +, Fla. +, La. +, S.C. +  and Tex. +
0–100 m +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
yellow;red;yellow-orange +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
Often, if not always, in secondary growth and waste places +
3cm +  and 9cm +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
differentiated +
lanceolate;narrowly oblong +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
3-carpellate +
few;numerous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
colored +  and green +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
differentiated +
not differentiated +
Flowering primarily spring–summer +  and fruiting summer–early fall. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
4mm;6.7mm +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
globose;nearly globose +
medium +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
triangular +
differentiated +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Introduced +
petal-like +
pale-yellow;deep crimson red +
narrowly obovate;spatulate +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
small;large +
petal-like +
Canna coccinea +, Canna discolor +, Canna edulis +, Canna lutea +  and Canna warscewiczii +
Canna indica +
species +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (500 cm5,000 mm <br />5 m <br />) +