What is the difference between calamus and iris?

Acorus calamus and iris are common ornamental flowers, but some people confuse them, so what is the difference between calamus and iris?

I. the difference between calamus flower and iris flower

1. The flower color is not exactly the same: there are red, yellow, purple, white, blue and other monochrome or multi-color varieties of calamus flowers, and blue-purple, purple, red-purple, yellow, white and other varieties of irises.

2, belong to different: Acorus calamus flower belongs to Araceae, Acorus calamus, Iris belongs to Iridaceae and Iris

3. The plant size is different: the calamus flower is taller than the iris, and the iris flower is bigger than the gladiolus flower.

Second, the basic introduction of calamus flowers.

Acorus calamus flower, also known as calamus orchid, sword orchid, flat bamboo lotus, ten brocade, 13 Taibao and so on, is Iridaceae, calamus perennial herbs, the main producing countries are the United States, the Netherlands, Israel and Japan.

Acorus calamus is a warm-loving plant, but too high air temperature is disadvantageous to its growth and is not cold-tolerant. The suitable temperature for growth is 20 ℃ ~ 25 ℃. The corm can sprout in the soil temperature above 5 ℃.

Acorus calamus is cultivated all over China, mainly distributed in Guangdong, Sichuan, Fujian, Jilin, Liaoning, Yunnan, Shanghai, Gansu, Jiangsu, Shenzhen and Hebei.

Third, the basic introduction of Iris

Iris is mainly distributed in the north temperate zone, originated in central China and Japan, a few of them are used in medicine. Iris rhizome is an emetic or retarding agent with anti-inflammatory effect.

The seeds of Iris generally have dormancy characteristics. There are great differences in seed germination of Iris. Some species of seeds can germinate rapidly, while some species of seeds often need about a year of dormancy to germinate and germinate slowly.

There are about 300 species of Iris in the world, distributed in the north temperate zone, and about 60 species, 13 varieties and 5 forms are produced in China, mainly distributed in southwest, northwest and northeast.