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Canna indica L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
1
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Canna indica L.
species
Canna indica

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indica

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Canna indica L.

Stems 1-2 m high, sturdy, glabrous, green. Leaves c. 45 cm long, oblong, green. Flowers in a lax raceme, often in pairs; bracts green, almost orbicular; sepals c. 1 cm long; petals 3-4 cm long, pinkish-red, lanceolate, acuminate. Erect staminodia 5-6 cm long, red, obovate-spathulate, entire; recurved staminode (labellum) narrower, entire, reddish-yellow, spotted red. Capsule ± globose, c. 2 × 1.5 cm, crowned by persistent sepals. Seeds globose, black.

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Canna indica L.
Canna indica L.
Canna indica L.
Canna indica L.
Canna indica L.

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Canna indica L.
Australia
Canna indica L.
China
Canna indica L.
Cook Islands
Canna indica L.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Canna indica L.
French Polynesia
Canna indica L.
New Zealand
Canna indica L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Canna indica L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Canna indica L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Canna indica L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Canna indica L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District

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278f6826-b49f-4bae-a3b6-1ed9da9bbf13
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 July 2008
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