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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.
Helichrysum petiolare, the licorice-plant [2] or liquorice plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a subshrub native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa — where it is known as imphepho — and to Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. [1] It is naturalized in parts of Portugal and the United States. [3]
Galium circaezans, common name licorice bedstraw or wild licorice, is a plant species in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the eastern half of the United States from the Great Plains to the Atlantic, plus Quebec and Ontario. There are also a few isolated populations in Washington state, probably adventive.
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 ...
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. [1]
Liquorice (Commonwealth English) or licorice (American English; see spelling differences; IPA: / ˈ l ɪ k ər ɪ ʃ,-ɪ s / LIK-ər-ish, -iss) [5] [6] is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring is extracted.
Licorice plant is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Glycyrrhiza glabra, native to Europe and Asia and used in flavoring candy;
In the spring the underground stems produce compound leaves that are large and finely toothed. Tiny white flowers, typically in three, globe-shaped clusters 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in) wide, are produced on tall scapes that grow about the same height as the leaves, about 30–60 cm (12–24 in) high. The flowers bloom from May to July and develop ...