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|taxo_author=L.
|taxo_author=L.
|common_name=Common Sweet Flag
|common_name=Common Sweet Flag
|poisonous=parts may be toxic
|poison_ref=Plants for a Future
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun
|water=wet
|features=edible, foliage
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=3
|min_zone=3
|usda_ref=Plants for a future
|usda_ref=Plants for a future
|image=Acorus calamus1.jpg
|image=Acorus calamus1.jpg
|image_width=200
|image_width=200
'''''Acorus calamus''''', commonly known as '''sweet flag''' or '''calamus''' and various [[Juncaceae|rushes]] and [[sedge]]s,<ref>Other names include cinnamon sedge, flagroot, gladdon, myrtle flag, myrtle grass, myrtle sedge, sweet cane, sweet myrtle, sweet root, sweet rush, and sweet sedge</ref> is a [[plant]] from the [[Acoraceae]] family, in the genus ''[[Acorus]]''. It is a tall [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[wetland]] [[monocot]] with [[scent]]ed leaves and more strongly scented [[rhizome]]s, which have been used medicinally, for its odor, and as a [[Psychoactive drug|psychotropic drug]]. Probably indigenous to [[India]], ''Acorus calamus'' is now found across Europe, much of Asia, Australia, and southern Canada/Northern USA, where it may be mistaken for the native ''[[Acorus americanus]]''.
'''''Acorus calamus''''', commonly known as '''sweet flag''' or '''calamus''' and various [[Juncaceae|rushes]] and [[sedge]]s,<ref>Other names include cinnamon sedge, flagroot, gladdon, myrtle flag, myrtle grass, myrtle sedge, sweet cane, sweet myrtle, sweet root, sweet rush, and sweet sedge</ref> is a [[plant]] from the [[Acoraceae]] family, in the genus ''[[Acorus]]''. It is a tall [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[wetland]] [[monocot]] with [[scent]]ed leaves and more strongly scented [[rhizome]]s, which have been used medicinally, for its odor, and as a [[Psychoactive drug|psychotropic drug]]. Probably indigenous to [[India]], ''Acorus calamus'' is now found across Europe, much of Asia, Australia, and southern Canada/Northern USA, where it may be mistaken for the native ''[[Acorus americanus]]''.
The leaves are between 0.7 and 1.7 cm wide, with average of 1 cm. The sympodial leaf of ''Acorus calamus'' is somewhat shorter than the vegetative leaves. The margin is curly-edged or undulate. The [[spadix]], at the time of expansion, can reach a length between 4.9 and 8.9 cm (longer than ''A. americanus''). The flowers are longer too, between 3 and 4 mm. ''Acorus calamus'' is infertile and shows an abortive [[ovary (plants)|ovary]] with a shriveled appearance.
The leaves are between 0.7 and 1.7 cm wide, with average of 1 cm. The sympodial leaf of ''Acorus calamus'' is somewhat shorter than the vegetative leaves. The margin is curly-edged or undulate. The [[spadix]], at the time of expansion, can reach a length between 4.9 and 8.9 cm (longer than ''A. americanus''). The flowers are longer too, between 3 and 4 mm. ''Acorus calamus'' is infertile and shows an abortive [[ovary (plants)|ovary]] with a shriveled appearance.
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