NameThatPlant.net: Acorus calamus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Acorales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acorus calamus FAMILY Acoraceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Learn more about European Sweetflag from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acorus calamus FAMILY Acoraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-01-001:

Acorus calamus FAMILY Araceae

COMMON NAME:
European Sweetflag, European Calamus

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acorus calamus FAMILY Acoraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acorus calamus FAMILY Acoraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-01-001:
Acorus calamus FAMILY Araceae

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, wet meadows, other wet areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Uncommon in NC & in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish, greenish-brown
Radially symmetrical
Bisexual

Inflorescence a spadix

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

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