| Scientific Name: | Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' |
| Common Name: | variegated sweet flag |
| Family Name: | Acoraceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe, Garden origin, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Aquatic plant, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Aquatic - ponds, Group or mass planting, Herb, Summer interest, Wetland - bogs, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Heavily veined, Distinctive smell, Linear |
| Flowers: | Spadix (& spathe), Yellow, Green, Aug |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green, Brown, Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves sword-shaped, iris-like, fragrant when crushed, up to 2cm wide, with wavy or crimped margins, tapering into a long, acute point, pink sheathing at bases; rhizome thick, spreading near soil surface; spadix 5-9cm in long, greenish-yellow, emerge part way up the shoot. | |