canna+lily

__**The Canna Lily:**__



scientific name: common name:

- From the tropics - Roots will freeze, must be protected - However, developed in temperate climates as well. -Require 6-8 hours of sunlight throughout growing season - Sandy soils
 * Habitat & range**:

- Not many in US - Canna Leaf Roller eats leaves - does not kill plant - Slugs, snails - Red spider mite - if grown indoors - Japanese beetles - Fungus - Cana rust: occurs when in over moist soil; orange spots on the plant's leaves -Mold - Botrytis: in humid conditions grows on old flowers, simply remove them
 * Threats:**

-High tolerance to contaminants -Extract pollutants in wetlands environemnts -Agricultural plant -canna rhizome is rich in starch -rapid growth rate -ornamental plant, gardened -stems and leaves for animal/ human consumption -seeds for jewelry and musical gourd rattles symbolism or religious use. - India: fermented for alcohol
 * Uses:**

//Taxomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia//, by Dr Tanaka
 * The 19 different species:**
 * //[|Canna amabilis]//
 * //[|Canna bangii]//
 * //[|Canna coccinea]//
 * //[|Canna compacta]//
 * //[|Canna discolor var. discolor]//
 * //[|Canna discolor var. rubripunctata]//
 * //[|Canna discolor var. viridifolia]//
 * //[|Canna flaccida]//
 * //[|Canna glauca]//
 * //[|Canna glauca var. siamensis]//
 * //[|Canna indica]//
 * //[|Canna indica var. flava]//
 * //[|Canna indica var. maculata]//
 * //[|Canna indica var. sanctae-rosae]//
 * //[|Canna indica var. warszewiczii]//
 * //[|Canna iridiflora]//
 * //[|Canna jacobiniflora]//
 * //[|Canna jaegeriana]// [|Ignatz Urban]
 * //[|Canna liliiflora]//
 * //[|Canna paniculata]//
 * //[|Canna patens]//
 * //[|Canna pedunculata]//
 * //[|Canna plurituberosa]//
 * //[|Canna speciosa]//
 * //[|Canna stenantha]//
 * //[|Canna tuerckheimii]//

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canna_%28plant%29#Distribution
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