Golden Canna

Canna flaccida
(Bandana-of-the-Everglades)
Español: Toona
Grow as stands of flowers in moist areas.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Wildlife

Self-fertile, so seeds can be produced by self-pollination. Pollination is facilitated by  bats, hummingbirds, and other small wildlife species.

Habitat

Wet sites. Swamps, pond and lake margins, ditches, savannas, hydric pine flatwoods.

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
  • Self-fertile, so seeds can be produced by self-pollination.
  • Pollination is facilitated by bees.
  • Larval host of the Brazilian skipper butterfly (Calpodes ethlius).