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Canna Italian Group 'Roma' is a tall aquatic Italian Group cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; large green foliage, oval shaped, white margin, upright habit; round stems, coloured green & purple; flowers are open, yellow with orange blotches, throat red-orange, staminodes are large, edges lightly frilled, stamen is orange-red, petals red, fully self-cleaning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is prolific. Introduced by C. Sprenger, Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy, EU in 1898.
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Extract from 1998 illustration in Revue Horticole
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[edit] Synonyms
- Canna 'Cattleya' - sometime used as a synonym for Canna 'Italia' as well.
- Canna 'Florence Vaughan' - this name belongs to a totally different Crozy Group cultivar.
- Canna 'Golden Eagle'
- Canna 'Heinrich Seidel' - this name belongs to a totally different cultivar.
- Canna 'Jennifer'
- Canna 'Madame Crozy' - this name belongs to a totally different Crozy Group cultivar.
- Canna 'Mrs Cozy'
- Canna 'Orange Humbert'
- Canna 'Orange King Humbert'
- Canna 'Papillon'
- Canna 'Sunburst'
- Canna 'Yellow King Humbert' - this name belongs to a totally different cultivar.
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[edit] References
- Revue Horticole, André, 1898, Trois Nouveaux Cannas Italiens
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