Thalia dealbata

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Marantaceae
Genus: Thalia
Species: Thalia dealbata
Name

Thalia dealbata Fraser ex Roscoe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 8:340, 1807
References

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London 8:340. 1807
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Thalia dealbata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: powdery alligator-flag

Thalia dealbata, the powdery alligator-flag,[2] hardy canna, or powdery thalia, is an aquatic plant in the family Marantaceae, native to swamps, ponds and other wetlands in the southern and central United States.[3][4] Its range includes much of Coastal Plains and the lower Mississippi Valley (States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky).[5] The plant has been grown as an aquatic ornamental because of the pretty violet flowers, and in cultivation has been proved hardy as far north as Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) and Vancouver (British Columbia).[6][7][8]

Thalia dealbata grows to 6 ft (1.8 m), with small violet flowers on an 8 in (20 cm) panicle held above the foliage. The blue-green leaves are ovate to lanceolate, dusted with white powder and with purple edges.[9][10]
References

The Plant List, Thalia dealbata
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thalia dealbata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
Roscoe, William. 1807. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 8: 340, Thalia dealbata
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Flora Telluriana 4: 51. Spirostylis biflora
Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map, Thalia dealbata
Flora of North America Thalia dealbata
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Native Plant Database
Evans, Erv. "Marginal Aquatics: Thalia dealbata". North Carolina State University. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
Missouri Botanical Garden