Sweet Flag (Calamus)
Acorus calamus
Sweet flag leaves have a lemony scent. The roots have a sweet fragrance, and they were once used to flavor candy. Two species of sweet flag grow in Connecticut.
Sweet Flag
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Sweet Flag (Acorus) - Waterside plants of the arum order, easily cultivated. A. Calamus is now naturalised in most parts of Europe. A.
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Sweet flag has a vast distribution. It is present throughout northern North America, extending as far north and west as Alaska, as far south as Virginia and as far east as Nova Scotia (Kartesz, 1999).
Grassleaf Sweet Flag
Scientific Name: Acorus gramineus Aiton
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Family: Acoraceae ...
Variegated Sweet Flag has grass-like foliage with a slowly spreading growth habit. Its 8-10" blades form fans like those of Iris and will remain evergreen in warmer climates.
Variegated sweet flag is a deciduous, aquatic perennial with 5-foot-long bright green leaves with creamy, longitudinal stripes. Its flowers are insignificant, but its leaves are aromatic and resemble the foliage of an iris.
Acorus calamus 'Argenteostriatus' Syn.: Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' vernac. Flagroot , Myrtle flag , Sweet flag
Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, 28 April
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Sweet flag (Acorus calamus)
Japanese rush, Grassy-leaved sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)
Water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)
Variegated striped rush (Baumea rubiginosa ‘Variegata')
Native water canna (Canna flaccida) ...
Sweet flag, sweet-scented rush (Acorus calamus, Acorus americanus)
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Variegated Dwarf Sweet Flag;
aka: Japanese Rush,
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Japanese sweet flag is used along pond margins and at the edges of water gardens. It's a great foliage plant for shallow water and marshy areas.
Acorus gramineus variegatus (Sweet Flag, Family: Acoraceae)
Acrostichum aureum (Piai Raya, Golden Leather Fern, Mangrove Fern , Family: Pteridaceae)
Actinidia deliciosa (Chinese Gooseberry, Kiwi Fruit, Family: Actinidiaceae) ...
(Sweet Flag)
Agave sp. (Century Plant)
Ajuga sp. (Bugleweed)
Allium sp. (Ornamental Onion)
Amsonia sp. (Blue Star)
Anemonella thalictroides (Windflower)
Anisacanthus wrightii (Texas Firecracker)
Antirrhinum sp. (Snapdragon)
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Acorus gramineus variegatus Common name(s): Grassy-leaved sweet flag
Genus of 2 species of rhizomatous, marginal aquatic perennials, ane semi-evergreen and one deciduous, found in shallow water by streams and lakes throughout the N.
To soothe and help the passage of the irritating substance, it is also often combined with a demulcent such as Comfrey, Marshmallow or Sweet Flagroot, Hollyhock or Mullein flowers, Gum Arabic, or Slippery Elm Bark.
Acorus calamus 'Variegata' Grass, Variegated Sweet Flag
perennial, average care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 5a thru 8b ...
Bach (hindi), Càlam (catalán), Cálamo aromático (castellano), Calamus aromaticus (sinónimo), Ch'ang-p'u (chino), Echter Kalmus (alemán), Grass myrtle (inglés), Lirin-gorri (vasco), Myrtle flag (inglés), Rat root (inglés), Sweet flag (inglés), ...
Strawberry Clover, Strawberry Tree, String Sedge, Suffocated Clover, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Clover, Summer Snowflake, Sun Spurge, Swamp Meadow-grass, Swedish Whitebeam, Sweet Alison, Sweet Briar, Sweet Chestnut, Sweet Cicely, Sweet Flag, ...
 See also: Flag, Green, Grass, Evergreen, Acorus gramineus
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