Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Acorales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Acorus calamus
FAMILY
Acoraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
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
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_acca4_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_acorus_calamus1
April Dare County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_acorus_calamus1b
April Dare County NC
Inflorescence a cylindric tapering spadix; leaf-like spathe continues up, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_acorus_calamus2
April Dare County NC
Sword-like leaves are stiff and narrow, very similar to Cattail leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
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Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in marshes, wet meadows, other wet areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Aquatic
...Wet
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish, greenish-brown
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Inflorescence a spadix
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p398
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p313
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p337
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p389