Golden Canna
Canna flaccida
Also known as: Bandanna-of-the-Everglades · Bandana-Of-The-Everglades
Plantae
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Status
- Rare
About
Golden Canna lives in the wetlands from Texas to South Carolina. It unfurls its broad leaves like a bandanna to catch rain and releases a scent that attracts small insects for its pollen.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Zingiberales
- Family
- Cannaceae
- Genus
- Canna
- Species
- Canna flaccida