Canna flaccida was a parent to many of the early-hybridised cannas originally known as orchid flowered cannas, but now correctly named as Italian Group cannas. It grows well as a water canna. Originally described by the early American explorer, William Bartram, when he found these plants blooming near the rivers of coastal Georgia. The seed floats down the rivers and becomes easily established on shorelines. Introduced to England in 1788.[3]
Canna flaccida is a perennial growing to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in). It is hardy to zone 10 and is frost tender. In the north latitudes it is in flower from August to October, and the seeds ripen in October. The flowers are hermaphrodite.[4]
Canna flaccida is aquatic species, with narrow, blue-green (glaucous) leaves, very pretty, large, lightly perfumed, canary yellow flowers growing in clusters at the tops of long stalks. The lip of the flower is wavy. Flowers emerge in the evening and wither in the heat of the following day, the only member of the genus that behaves in this manner, all others open early in the morning and are strong enough to survive at least one day. It grows as a marginal plant in up to about 15 cm (5.9 in) of still or slow-moving water.[7]
^Cooke, Ian, 2001. The Gardener's Guide to Growing cannas, Timber Press. ISBN0-88192-513-6
^Tanaka, N. 2001. Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia. Makinoa ser. 2, 1:34–43.
^. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2006-09-19.
^Kress, W. John; Prince, Linda M. "Canna flaccida". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
January 01, 1970
canna, flaccida, species, canna, genus, member, family, cannaceae, species, indigenous, wetlands, south, central, south, eastern, united, states, from, texas, south, carolina, also, reportedly, naturalized, india, philippines, mexico, panama, cuba, dominican, . Canna flaccida is a species of the Canna genus a member of the family Cannaceae The species is indigenous to the wetlands of the south central and south eastern United States from Texas to South Carolina It is also reportedly naturalized in India the Philippines Mexico Panama Cuba the Dominican Republic Peru and southern Brazil 2 Bandana of the everglades Canna flaccida only yellow lightly perfumed canna Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Monocots Clade Commelinids Order Zingiberales Family Cannaceae Genus Canna Species C flaccida Binomial name Canna flaccidaSalisb Synonyms 1 Canna anahuacensis Kraenzl Canna angustifolia L Canna fintelmannii Bouche Canna flaccida Roscoe Canna flava Michx ex Lam Canna reevesii Lindl Canna flaccida was a parent to many of the early hybridised cannas originally known as orchid flowered cannas but now correctly named as Italian Group cannas It grows well as a water canna Originally described by the early American explorer William Bartram when he found these plants blooming near the rivers of coastal Georgia The seed floats down the rivers and becomes easily established on shorelines Introduced to England in 1788 3 Canna flaccida is a perennial growing to 1 5 m 4 ft 11 in It is hardy to zone 10 and is frost tender In the north latitudes it is in flower from August to October and the seeds ripen in October The flowers are hermaphrodite 4 Contents 1 Taxonomy 2 Description 3 See also 4 ReferencesTaxonomy editIn the last three decades of the 20th century Canna species have been categorised by two different taxonomists Paulus Johannes Maria Maas from the Netherlands and Nobuyuki Tanaka from Japan In this case both agree that C flaccida is a distinct species and the DNA work by Prince and Kress at the Smithsonian Institution confirms its uniqueness 5 6 Description editCanna flaccida is aquatic species with narrow blue green glaucous leaves very pretty large lightly perfumed canary yellow flowers growing in clusters at the tops of long stalks The lip of the flower is wavy Flowers emerge in the evening and wither in the heat of the following day the only member of the genus that behaves in this manner all others open early in the morning and are strong enough to survive at least one day It grows as a marginal plant in up to about 15 cm 5 9 in of still or slow moving water 7 See also editCanna List of Canna species List of Canna cultivarsReferences edit Kew World Checklist Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Canna flaccida Johnson s Gardeners Dictionary 1856 Cooke Ian 2001 The Gardener s Guide to Growing cannas Timber Press ISBN 0 88192 513 6 Tanaka N 2001 Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia Makinoa ser 2 1 34 43 PRINCE LINDA M and W JOHN KRESS Smithsonian Institution NMNH Botany MRC 166 Washington DC 20560 0166 Species boundaries in Canna Cannaceae evidence from nuclear ITS DNA sequence data Archived from the original on 2007 03 12 Retrieved 2006 09 19 Kress W John Prince Linda M Canna flaccida In Flora of North America Editorial Committee ed Flora of North America North of Mexico FNA New York and Oxford Oxford University Press via eFloras org Missouri Botanical Garden St Louis MO amp Harvard University Herbaria Cambridge MA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canna flaccida amp oldid 1095016413, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
