Talk:Canna bangii

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Native to Peru and Bolivia at an altitude of 1,400-2,700m (4,500-8,900ft). It is a perennial growing to 4m. It is hardy to zone 10 and is frost tender. In the north latitudes it is in flower from August to October, and the seeds ripen in October. The flowers are hermaphrodite.

Plants to 4m tall. Leaves green, lower side more or less soft, with downy hairs (lanuginose). Inflorescences repeatedly branched with persistent floral bracts; pedicel densely tuberculate just below the ovary or fruit. Flowers erect, orange-red, 4-7cm long, composed of 8 or more coloured parts; petals not reflexed, staminodes 3 or more. Generally not available in cultivation. In the last three decades of the 20th century, Canna species have been categorised by two different taxonomists, the team of Professor Paul Maas and his wife Dr. Hiltje Maas from Netherlands and Dr. Nobuyuki Tanaka from Japan. They all agree that this is a separate and distinct species.