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Canna iridiflora
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Canna iridiflora

Canna iridiflora (Ruiz & Pav.) is a species of the Canna genus, belonging to the family Cannaceae, a native of Peru, Columbia and Costa Rica at altitudes of 1,800–2,850 m (5,910–9,350 ft). It was introduced to England in 1816 (Johnson's Gardeners Dictionary, 1856). Not to be confused with C. iridiflora Wild., which is a synonym for C. indica.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 430782.