Acorus calamus
Calamus, Common Sweet Flag
Also known as: Acorus aromaticus Gueldenst., 1791 +3 more
- Acorus aromaticus Gueldenst., 1791
- Acorus vulgaris Simonk., 1887
- Calamus aromaticus Garsault
- Calamus aromaticus Ledeb., 1852
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Acoraceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Acorus calamus (commonly known as Calamus or Common Sweet Flag) is a rhizomatous plant belonging to the Acoraceae family. Naturally occurring in Temperate Asia, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE
Regions (WGSRPD)
Middle Asia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Kazakhstan
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Alabama, Albania, Altay, Andaman Is., Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, China North-Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kirgizistan, Korea, Krym, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sicilia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia