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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: In Water
Wet
Plant Height: to 5 feet
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Water gardens
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Calamus Root
  • Sweet Cinnamon
  • Sweet Flag
  • Sweet Myrtle
  • Bitter Pepper Root
  • Sweet Sedge
  • Sweet Case
  • Myrtle Grass
  • Pine Root
  • Single-Vein Sweetflag
  • Sweet Grass
  • Sea Sedge
  • Flag Root
  • Sweet Rush
  • Beewort
  • Calamus

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Date: c. 1903
illustration from 'Prof. Dr. Thome's Flora von Deutschland, Oster
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-04-07
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11

Photo by H. Zell
Uploaded by robertduval14

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
  • Uploaded by vic

photo credit: H. Zell

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