CHR 511332 – Canna ×generalis L.H.Bailey
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 511332
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
15 May 1997
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Canna xgeneralis L.H.Bailey
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1997-03-23 (Verbatim: 23-MAR-1997)
Preferred name:
Canna ×generalis L.H.Bailey
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Cannaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Christchurch, St Albans, Packe Street Park
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Packe Street Park
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 148/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23-MAR-1997
Start date:
1997-03-23
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Rhizomatous herb. Aerial vegetative parts purple. Leaves to about 50cm x 23cm. Inflorescence stems to about 1.5m high. Perianth dark reddish. Calyx 2.7 - 3.2cm long, dark red. Corolla 7 - 7.8cm long, pinkish-red; petals more or less lanceolate - elliptic. Staminodes 4 (including labellum) about 9 x 4.5 - 5.5cm, broad elliptic or elliptic-obovate, orange (labellum yellow towards base with orange dashes). Petaloid stamen similar in shape and colour to labellum but smaller (about 8cm long) and obviously asymmetric. Style about 5cm x 9cm, obliquely oblanceolate, glossy red in upper half, pale yellow beneath. A typical and common hybrid Canna cultivar with very asymmetrical flowers. Sheets A, B, and C.
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