| Scientific Name: | Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus' |
| Common Name: | variegated sweet flag, variegated Japanese flag |
| Family Name: | Acoraceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Aquatic plant, Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover, Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Aquatic - ponds, Container planting, Erosion control, Fall interest, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Herb, Perennial border, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Bog |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spadix (& spathe), White, Green-yellow, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, most 20-30cm long x 3-5mm wide, variegation along just one margin, thickness greater on one side; florets tiny, in dense spike-like greenish-yellow spadix 3-8cm long. | |