2709

Forb
Perennial

Native

Documented growing wild in - - -

Rare (distribution poorly known; additional distribution records expected)

Look for it in marshes, wet meadows, other wet areas, limey seeps, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Inflorescence a spadix

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p389?
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p003

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Acorus americanus   FAMILY Acoraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acorus americanus   FAMILY Acoraceae

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