Acorus L.

Sweetflag (en), Acore (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Acorales > Acoraceae

Characteristics

Herbs, wetlands or rocky stream banks, when bruised or broken producing pleasant and distinctive aromatic odor. Leaves bright green; sheathing base 2-facial (proximal part of leaf); distal part of leaf 1-facial, flattened in median rather than transverse plane; prominent veins 1--6, parallel along length of leaf. Inflorescences solitary. Flowers: tepals light brown; anthers yellow, introrse; ovariesy green. Fruits light brown to reddish with darker streaks. Seeds embedded in mucilage. x = 12.
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Morphological characters and geographical distribution are the same as those of the family.
Characters of the family. 2, the other Asian.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Balsamic (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified)
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Images

Acorus unspecified picture

Distribution

Acorus world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Myanmar, Montenegro, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Romania, Russian Federation, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2667-1
WFO ID wfo-4000000350
COL ID 8VT7M
BDTFX ID 85802
INPN ID 188769
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Acorus

Lower taxons

Acorus gramineus Acorus calamus