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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Thalia |
| Species: | T. dealbata
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| Thalia dealbata Fraser ex Roscoe
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MHNT
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
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- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden
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