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Polypodium glycyrrhiza, commonly known as licorice fern, many-footed fern, and sweet root, is a summer deciduous fern native to northwestern North America, where it is found in shaded, damp locations. Spores are located in rounded sori on the undersides of the fronds, and are released in cool weather and high humidity. [1]
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.
Glycyrrhiza echinata Fruits and Seeds - MHNT Plant as used in Chinese herbology (crude medicine). Glycyrrhiza is a genus of about 20 accepted species in the legume family (), with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.
Glycyrrhiza echinata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Glycyrrhiza, with various common names that include Chinese licorice, [3] German licorice, [3] [4] and hedgehog licorice, [3] Eastern European licorice, [5] Hungarian licorice, [6] Prickly licorice, [7] and Roman licorice.
Galium lanceolatum, commonly known as lanceleaf wild licorice or Torrey's wild licorice, is a species of flowering plant native to the eastern temperate regions of North America. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The name 'wild licorice' comes from the species' taste, similar to that of true licorice (genus Glycyrrhiza ).
You may recognize a licorice plant from its signature fuzzy leaves or sweet candy-like aroma, but despite its name, this tropical perennial has nothing to do with the making of licorice. In fact ...
Liquorice root, or 'radix glycyrrhizae', is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name gancao (kan-tsao; Chinese: 甘草, pinyin: gāncǎo). It is used in Chinese medicine to harmonize other herbs and to reduce the harsh effects of other herbs. [3]
However, unlike parsley, the cilantro plant is grown for both its leaves and seeds. In the U.S., the leaves and stalks, are used as an herb and known as cilantro or Chinese parsley; the seeds are ...