''Canna'' 'Austria' is a medium sized Italian Group
''Canna'' cultivar with green foliage, oblong shaped, upright habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are cupped, self-coloured yellow, throat orange-red spots on yellow, staminodes are large; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white; tillering is prolific. Introduced by
C. Sprenger, Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy, EU in 1893.
Announced along with
C. 'Italia', and caused much interest as their large flowers were considered to be a major breakthrough.
The breeding is ''Canna'' 'Madame Crozy' x ''Canna flaccida'' 'Le Roi'.
Gallery
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Synonyms
* ''Canna'' 'Austra'
* ''Canna'' 'Canary Bird'
* ''Canna'' 'King Midas'
* ''Canna'' 'Lemon Zest'
* ''Canna'' 'Richard Wallace' - a totally different Crozy Group cultivar.
* ''Canna'' 'Souvenir de Jeanne'
References
* Garden and forest. / Volume 9, Issue 424.
pril 8, 1896, 141-150* RHS Canna trials 1908
External links
Canna News: Comparison of Crozy and Italian Groups
See also
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Canna
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List of Canna species
'' Canna'' species have been categorised by two different taxonomists in the course of the last three decades. They are Paul Maas, from the Netherlands and Nobuyuki Tanaka from Japan.Tanaka, N. (2001) Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in ...
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List of Canna cultivars
This list of ''Canna'' cultivars is a gallery of named cultivars of plants in the genus '' Canna'' that are representative of the various ''Canna'' cultivar groups (i.e., groups of very similar cultivars).
Names of cultivars conform to the rules ...
Cannaceae
Ornamental plant cultivars