Common Names
Calamus, Beewort, Bitter Pepper Root, Calamus Root, Flag Root, Gladdon, Myrtle Flag, Myrtle Grass, Myrtle Root, Myrtle Sedge, Pine Root, Sea Sedge, Sweet Cane, Sweet Cinnamon, Sweet Grass, Sweet Myrtle, Sweet Root, Sweet Rush, and Sweet Sedge, Ugragandha, Vach, Vacha, Vaj, Vayambur, Muskrat Root, German Ginger
About This Plant
Sweet Flag is a tall wetland herbaceous perennial monocot that grows to between 1-3 ½ feet tall. Its sword shaped leaves resemble those of Iris plants but are greener and they emit a fragrant odor when crushed. Mature leaves have one slightly wavy edge and a prominent midrib. It has tiny sweetly fragrant greenish flowers that appear in elongated inflorescences which Read More