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Wild licorice flowerhead, at 8,400 ft (2,600 m) in the Eastern Sierra Nevada. Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice) is a species of Glycyrrhiza (a genus in the pea/bean family, Fabaceae) native to most of North America, from central Canada south through the United States to California, Texas and Virginia, but absent from the southeastern states.
People who have come into contact with these plants, including crushing the leaves to perform a "smell test," should wash their hands immediately and avoid touching their eyes or mouth. Cow parsnip ( Heracleum lanatum , Heracleum maximum , Indian celery, or pushki, sometimes considered a subspecies of Heracleum sphondylium , hogweed or eltrot ...
The rhizome is creeping and the fronds appear to have random placement, originating at various points. The rhizome appears reddish-brown, and has a sweet licorice flavor. Since it is a fern, P. glycyrrhiza reproduces by spores; the spores form in two rows of sori, which look like large spots on the undersides of the leaves. The sori range in ...
Thai basil is sturdy and compact, [2] growing up to 45 cm (1 ft 6 in), [3] and has shiny green, slightly serrated, narrow leaves with a sweet, anise-like scent and hints of licorice, along with a slight spiciness lacking in sweet basil. [4] Thai basil has a purple stem, and like other plants in the mint family, the stem is
Liquorice is a herbaceous perennial, growing to 1 metre (40 in) in height, with pinnate leaves about 7–15 cm (3–6 in) long, with 9–17 leaflets. The flowers are 8–12 mm ( 5 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, purple to pale whitish blue, produced in a loose inflorescence .
Anise is an herbaceous annual plant growing to 60–90 centimetres (2–3 feet) or more. The leaves at the base of the plant are simple, 1–5 cm (3 ⁄ 8 –2 inches) long and shallowly lobed, while leaves higher on the stems are feathery or lacy, pinnate, divided into numerous small leaflets. [9]
Ligusticum scoticum is a herbaceous perennial plant which typically grows 15–60 centimetres (6– 23 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) tall. [6] It has triangular, twice-ternate leaves, 5–20 cm (2– 7 + 7 ⁄ 8 in) long, with each lobe 2–5 cm (3 ⁄ 4 –2 in) long. The edges of the leaves may be toothed, lobed or serrated, and are typically either a paler ...
Scoparia dulcis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family.Common names include licorice weed, [2] goatweed, [3] scoparia-weed and sweet-broom in English, tapeiçava, tapixaba, and vassourinha in Portuguese, escobillo in Spanish, and tipychä kuratu in Guarani. [4]