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.

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Canna glauca L., Sp. Pl. 1. 1753.

Hierbas glaucas, 0.5–1.5 m de alto. Hojas angostamente ovadas a angostamente elípticas, 25–70 cm de largo y 1.5–14 cm de ancho, ápice muy gradualmente atenuado, base cuneada; vainas glabras. Inflorescencia un tirso racemiforme, con cincinos de 2 flores, brácteas persistentes, hasta 20 cm de largo, bractéolas 3–20 mm de largo, pedicelos hasta 5 mm de largo, flores amarillo pálidas; sépalos 10–25 mm de largo; pétalos 5–9 cm de largo; estaminodios 4, 7.5–10 cm de largo. Cápsula globosa a elipsoide, 2–5 cm de largo; semillas 6–9 mm de largo y 4–5 mm de ancho.

Poco común pero localmente abundante, en márgenes de vegetación muy húmeda, zona norcentral; 30–450 m; fl y fr esporádicamente durante todo el año; Haynes 8279, Sandino 2135; América tropical.

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Plants 1.5-2.0 m. tall; leaves rather narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, the base gradually and continually narrowed to the sheath, 30-45 cm. long, 8-15 cm. broad, glabrous and conspicuously glaucous; inflorescence racemiform, simple, bearing several pairs of shortly pedicellate or subsessile flowers; sepals oblong- elliptic, about 1 cm. long; corolla 4.0-4.5 cm. long, yellow, the lobes oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, erect or sharply ascending, the tube about equalling the sepals; staminodia 3, obovate-elliptic, 8-9 cm. long, yellow; capsules irregularly ellipsoid, 4-5 cm. long, 2-3 cm. thick, densely spiny-fimbriate.

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Tallos 1–2 m. Hojas 25–70 x 6–12 cm, estrecha-mente ovadas a estrechamente elípticas, gradualmenteangostas hacia la base y el ápice, glaucas. Infl. conbrácteas persistentes. Fls. 6–7 cm, amarillo puro. Frs.2–3 cm de diám., subglobosos; pedicelos fructíferos0.5–1(–1.5) cm.

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Erva

Terrícola

Aquática

Panama to the Guianas and Argentina; Antilles, in lowland thickets and open forest.

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Other References Belling, J. 1931. Chromomeres of liliaceous plants. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 16: 153---170. Honing, J. A. 1928. Canna crosses II. Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool 32: 1--14. Lerman, J. C. and E. M. Cigliano. 1971. New carbon-14 evidence for six hundred years old Canna compacta seed. Nature 232: 568--570. Yeo, P. F. 1993. Secondary pollen presentation: Form, function and evolution. Pl. Syst. Evol., Suppl. 6: 204--208.

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