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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Acorales |
| Family: | Acoraceae |
| Genus: | Acorus |
| Species: | A. calamus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acorus calamus L., 1753
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Calamus aromaticus Garsault | |
Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names[3]) is a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals. It is a tall wetland monocot of the family Acoraceae, in the genus Acorus. Although used in traditional medicine over centuries to treat digestive disorders and pain, it has no clinical evidence of safety or efficacy and may be toxic if ingested, and so has been commercially banned in the United States.[4]
- ^ Lansdown, R.V. (2014). "Acorus calamus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T168639A43116307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T168639A43116307.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Acorus calamus L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Sylvan T. Runkel; Alvin F. Bull (2009) [1979]. Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press. p. 119. ISBN 9781587298844. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ "Calamus". Drugs.com. 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2019.