'''Bēowyrt''' (''Acorus calamus'') is [[plante]] of þǣmþǣre [[Acoraceae]] hādacnēorisse, [[Acorus]] cyndecnōsle. ItHēo is a tallgrēat [[perennialēcu plantplante|perennialēcu]] [[wetlandwǣtland|wǣtlendisc]] [[monocot]] withmid [[scentstenc|stencum]]edleaveslēafum and [[rhizome]]s which have been used medicinally, for its odor, and as a [[Psychoactive drug|psychotropic drug]]. It is known by a variety of names, including cinnamon sedge, flagroot, gladdon, myrtle flag, myrtle grass, myrtle sedge, sweet cane, sweet myrtle, sweet root, sweet rush, and sweet sedge. Probably indigenous to India, ''Acorus calamus'' is now found across Europe, in southern Russia, northern Asia Minor, southern Siberia, China, Japan, Burma, Sri Lanka, and northern USA.
