Articles of category "Calamus"

Calamus root is one of the wide array of names attributed to this curious plant. Among the others are: sweet flag, pine root, sweet cane, muskrat root, etc. It is a perennial plant from the Arum family. It grows in northern latitudes around the globe and is a very water-loving plant. Calamus root is normally found in watery places, perpetually damp and muddy areas, mostly around lakes and streams. It is often found partly immersed in water.

Acorus calamus is an aromatic, perenniall plant, looking like a flag. The leaves of the plant are radical, long, erect, sword-like and they have rather an unusual coloring: bright green and pink or reddish at its base. It has a triangular stalk and green-yellowish flowers. It flourishes only in wet climate. That is why it can be found in various muddy places, meadows and swamps, along lakes and streams. Central Asia is considered to be the motherland of calamus herb (from there it has come to other countries). Now the plant grows in Southern Siberia, China, North America, Japan, Europe, Burmah and Ceylon.