§1 Plant
Canna indica L.
vernacular Indian shot — species · Cannaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cannaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Canna
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 57 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 57 counties across 6 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Adjuntas 72001
- Aibonito 72009
- Anasco 72011
- Arecibo 72013
- Barceloneta 72017
- Barranquitas 72019
- Carolina 72031
- Catano 72033
- Cayey 72035
- Ciales 72039
- Coamo 72043
- Florida 72054
- Guaynabo 72061
- Humacao 72069
- Jayuya 72073
- Lares 72081
- Loiza 72087
- Maricao 72093
- Mayaguez 72097
- Naguabo 72103
- Patillas 72109
- Ponce 72113
- Rincon 72117
- San German 72125
- San Juan 72127
- San Lorenzo 72129
- San Sebastian 72131
- Toa Baja 72137
- Utuado 72141
Texas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAIN19 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8034409 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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