Cannaceae
Maraca amarilla
Canna glauca
- Family
- Cannaceae
- Genus
- Canna
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 粉美人蕉, 暹罗美人蕉
- English
- Maraca amarilla
- Guarani
- Mbery sa'yju
- Persian
- اختر کبود
- Spanish
- Canna 'Louisiana canna', Canna 'Mexicanna'
Synonyms
- Canna angustifolia L.
- Canna annaei André
- Canna annaei subvar. superba Année ex André
- Canna annaei unranked nana André
- Canna fintelmannii Bouché
- Canna glauca var. angusta J.W.Richardson
- Canna glauca var. annaei Petersen
- Canna glauca var. annaei (André) Regel
- Canna glauca var. rubro-lutea Hook.
- Canna glauca var. rufa Sims
- Canna glauca var. siamensis (Kraenzl.) Nob.Tanaka
- Canna hassleriana Kraenzl.
- Canna jacobiniflora T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka
- Canna lanceolata Lodd. ex G.Don
- Canna lancifolia Schrank
- Canna liturata Link ex A.Dietr.
- Canna liturata Link ex Dietr.
- Canna longifolia Bouché
- Canna mexicana A.Dietr.
- Canna mexicana Bouché
- Canna pedicellata C.Presl
- Canna rubrolutea (Hook.) Chaté
- Canna rufa (Sims) Chaté
- Canna schlechtendaliana Bouché
- Canna schlechtendaliana Bouche
- Canna schlechtendaliana var. annaei (André) Kraenzl.
- Canna siamensis Kraenzl.
- Canna stenantha Nob.Tanaka
- Canna stolonifera D.Dietr.
- Canna stolonifera hort. ex Bouché
- Canna stricta Bouché
- Xyphostylis angustifolia (L.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Julien Claude, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jeff W, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alexandre Coulaud, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Patrice Campana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mathieu Nadal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.