Walking by the pond and looking at the calamus-like plant, can you clearly call out its name, let's take a look at how to distinguish Tang calamus, calamus, stone calamus, water calamus, calamus and iris.
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One Classification
Tang calamus, also known as sword orchid, is a genus of tang calamus in the family Iris, a perennial herb.
Cattails, also known as water candles, is a genus of cattails in the family Cattails, a perennial aquatic or swamp-growing herb.
Calamus is a perennial herb of the genus Calamus in the family Tiannanxingaceae.
Cattails
Purpureum is a genus of water calamus in the family Tiannanxing, a perennial aquatic herb.
Aka water shoots, it is a genus of grasses and perennial root herbaceous.
Iris is a genus of irises in the family Iris, a perennial herb.
Iris
Two flowers
The flowers of Tang calamus are monochromatic, the flower stem is upright, 50-80 cm high, the corolla is funnel-shaped, and there are often red, yellow, purple, white, blue and other monochromatic or complex colors.
The male and female inflorescences of cattail are tightly connected to the narrow, fleshy spike inflorescence, grey-brown, with the upper middle of the plant, the male flowers above and the female flowers below.
Calamus calamus inflorescences are axillary, fleshy spikes inflorescence cylindrical, white.
Stone calamus
The flowers are based, flattened triangular, cylindrical, yellow-green.
It is a conical inflorescence 30–60 cm long.
The upper tip of the iris flower expands into a trumpet shape and is blue-purple in color.
Iris
Three leaves
Tang calamus leaf sword-shaped, 40-60 cm long, has a very prominent midrib.
The leaves are flattened and banded, 40–70 cm long, flattened at the upper part and slightly concave at the lower part.
The leaves are linear, 20–30 cm long, folded in half at the base, and dark green leaves.
Russet white
The leaves of the water calamus are linear strips, 50-120 cm, the central vein is obvious, and the plant has an aroma.
The leaves are lanceolate, 1.0-1.6 m, with triangular leaf pillows at the junction of the leaf blade and the leaf sheath.
Iris leaves are basal, slightly broader in the middle of the leaves, 15–20 cm long.
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IV Underground
The underground of the tang calamus is a flattened spherical shape of the bulb.
The ground of the cattail is a milky white rhizome.
Calamus calamus root is fleshy, has whisker roots, and the rhizome has an aromatic aroma.
Water calamus
The rhizome is flattened cylindrical with slender root knots.
The aboveground stems are short and shrunken, the aboveground stems at the front of reproductive growth are deformed and expanded to form fleshy stems, and the underground stems are creeping stems.
The thick bifir branch of the iris rhizome has roots.
Iris
Five flowering periods
The flowering period of Tang calamus is from July to September, and the fruit period is from August to October.
The flowering period of cattails is from June to August, and the fruit period is from July to September.
Calamus flowers and fruits are from February to June.
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The flowering and fruiting period of calamus is from June to September.
The white flowering and fruiting period is autumn.
The iris flowering period is from April to May, and the fruit period is from June to August.
Cattails
Six values
Tang calamus is an important cut flower, and the moon season, carnation and Fulang flower are known as the "world's four major cut flowers", dwarf varieties for potted plants, stems and leaves can also extract vitamin C and paper.
The young leaves of the cattail are edible, and the green spikes dot the water landscape, and can also purify the water quality, pollen medicinal uses, and the leaves can be used to weave.
Calamus is mainly used as an ornamental plant.
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The rhizome of the water calamus can be used medicinally.
Zibai has medicinal and edible value.
Iris has medicinal and ornamental properties.
Russet white
Seven Flower Language
Tang Calamus flower language for the rise of the festival, good memories, justice and integrity.
The cattail flower language is the memory of first love.
Stone calamus flower language for perfect marriage.
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The water calamus flower language is the voice of love, elegant temperament, the blessing of the believer, and trust.
Iris speaks for the messenger of love, the elegant heart, the mission.
Iris