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Accession Data:

Canna indica L.

  • Common Name: Indian-shot
  • Family: Cannaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: S. America. W. Indies.
  • Habitat: Original habitat is obscure, but it is found by the coast an

  • USDA Zone: 8a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200305
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1992
  • Bench: 1319 - NEOA: South Bench W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cannaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008

References (internal):

  • Dye Plants
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Texas / Florida / Louisiana / South Carolina / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bahamas / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Paraguay / Uruguay

References (external):

  1. Canna indica at Plants for a Future Website. Last accessed 8 November 2016.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:21:09 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Canna indica

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Current Accessions in the Cannaceae

  • Canna indica W/C
  • Canna liliiflora
  • Canna tuerckheimii W/C
  • Canna indica
  • Canna jaegeriana
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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