DescriptionAmerican Calamus plant, Acorus calamus “americanus”, is also known as Sweet Flag and Sweet Sedge. This cultivar is from the northern prairie states of the USA, not Europe or India. The toxic beta-asarone content of the unselected species is low to none in this selection. An aid to digestion, to sharpen the mind, and to break nicotine dependence. The American Calamus plant is indigenous to North America and prefers lake edges, swampy ditches or marshes in a protected position. Frost-resistant but drought-tender. A perennial plant, growing to 1m x 0.5m.
