Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Canna x generalis
Common name
Canna Lily
Family
Cannaceae
Where found
Disturbed sites, mostly near habitations, and along streams. Coastal north of Batemans Bay.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb to 2 m high, rhizomatous. Stems hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, to 45 cm long and 250 mm wide, margins entire, narrowing to a sheath at the base. Flowers white to yellow to red to pink, sometimes with markings in other colours, apparently with 5 'petals', 3 'petals' to 100 mm long and 55 mm wide, one 'petal' to 80 mm long and 30 mm wide, and one about 15 mm wide. Flowers single or in pairs. Flowering: Late Winter to Summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Canna~x+generalis (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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