Canna glauca

Botanical Description

Canna glauca is a perennial plant producing small to large clumps of stems up to 150cm tall from a far-creeping, thick, tuber-like rhizomatous rootstock[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. With its large leaves sheathing a central stem, the plant has the appearance somewhat like a small banana plant. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for its root, from which an arrowroot-like edible starch can be extracted.