Common Name:

golden canna, bandana-of-the-Everglades

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Canna flaccida

Family:

Cannaceae

Form:

flower

Size:

3-6 ft tall by to 4 ft wide. Spreads broadly via rhizomes.

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

yellow

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

Winter dormant (north), evergreen (south); blooms spring-summer. Clones are long-lived.

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Grow as stands of flowers in moist areas.

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Seed or clumps can be divided (rhizomes). Seeds are available through the Florida Wildflowers Growers Cooperative.

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Aquatic ---to--- Usually moist, occasional inundation

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Clay, Loam, Sand, Organic (muck)

Soil pH:

adaptable

Suitable to Grow In:

8A, 8B, 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B

Wildlife:

Self-fertile, so seeds can be produced by self-pollination. Pollination is facilitated by  bats, hummingbirds, and other small wildlife species.

Self-fertile, so seeds can be produced by self-pollination.

Pollination is facilitated by bees. Larval host of the Brazilian skipper butterfly (Calpodes ethlius).

Native Habitats:

Wet sites. Swamps, pond and lake margins, ditches, savannas, hydric pine flatwoods.

Natural Range in Florida:

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Ethnobotany:

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