Acorus calamus

Acorus calamus L. Engl.: calamus, European sweet flag, sweet flag, cinnamon sedge, flagroot, gladdon, myrtle flag, myrtle grass, myrtle sedge, sweet cane, sweet myrtle, sweet root, sweet rush, sweet sedge. Deu.: Echter Kalmus, Deutscher Ingwer, Europäischer Kalmus, Kalamus, Kalmus, Magenwurzel. Suom.: rohtokalmojuuri, kalmanjuuri, kalmojuuri. Sven.: kalmus, kalmusrot. Fran.: acore roseau, acore calame, acore odorant, acore vrai, acorus aromatique, belle-angélique, radote, roseau odorant. Ital.: calamo aromatico.

Egyptian salve.

Henriette's herbal blog: Mmmm, myrrh and calamus and rose.

Herbs for cramps.

Henriette's herbal blog: That's menstrual cramps, not muscle cramps.

Sweet flag syrup.

Henriette's herbal blog: The efficient use of leftovers: calamus syrup.

Sweet flag candy.

Henriette's herbal blog: Sweet flag candy? This I'll have to try.

Photo: Acorus calamus 5.

Photo: Acorus calamus 5. Dried root in a jar. Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2005-02-24.

Photo: Candied root.

Photo: Candied root. Candied root of calamus. Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2005-02-24.

Photo: Acorus calamus 4.

Photo: Acorus calamus 4. Leaf and root. Uppsala bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2003-06-23.

Photo: Acorus calamus 3.

Photo: Acorus calamus 3. Flower. Helsinki bot.g., (Kump.), Finland. Planted. 2002-07-26.

Photo: Acorus calamus 2.

Photo: Acorus calamus 2. var. angustatus. Plant in flower. Kasuga Taisha Shrine Garden, Nara, Japan. Planted. 2001-05-05.

Photo: Acorus calamus 1.

Photo: Acorus calamus 1. Leaves. As you can see there's nothing to distinguish this from the many Iris species - except that that this one has a heavenly scent. They are of course very easy to tell apart in flower. BGBM, Berlin, Germany. Planted. 1995-06-01.

Photo: Acorus calamus.

Photo: Acorus calamus. Closeup of flowerhead. BGBM, Berlin, Germany. Planted. 1995-06-01.