(First upload on October 11 2018. Last on December 26 2023) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Cannaceae (カンナ科)
Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系)
Order Zingiberales (ショウガ) |
Family Cannaceae (カンナ/ダンドク)consisting of 10 species in one genus |
About 50 species in the world Lifeform: large tropical and subtropical perennial herbs with a rhizomatous rootstock Flower: three sepals and three petals Leaf: broad, flat and alternate |
Introduced to JapanC. edulis Ker Gawl. (ショクヨウカンナ)C. indica L. (ダンドク), wild type of C. × generalis
var. flava (Roscoe) Baker (キバナダンドク) |
C. orchiodes L. H. Bailey (イタリアンカンナ) C. × generalis L. H. Bailey (ハナカンナ) |
≈ Canna indica hybrid Hanakanna (ハナカンナ), canna or canna-lily |
Lifeform: perennial herb Chromosome number: 2n = 18 Use: gardening → cultivars |
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[1-3] on a small flower garden under a street tree in front of Fuji Women's University, Sapporo, on October 9 2018. [4-6] under a street tree on the opposite side of Hokkaido University Botanic Garden on September 30 2023.