Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh. Common name: Wild Licorice, American Licorice. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Alluvial areas, moist prairies; eastwards in disturbed areas. Distribution: ON west to BC, south to WI, MO, OK, TX, NM, AZ, CA, and Mexico (CHH). Described as naturalized in old fields in e. VA in Cronquist (1990), Fernald (1950), and Gleason & Cronquist (1952).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA11.2, GrPl, Il, K4, Mex, NE, NS, NY, POWO; = n/a — Pa; > Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh var. glutinosa (Nutt.) S.Watson — C, F, G, Isely (1998); > Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh var. lepidota — F, Mo3. Basionym: Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh 1814 [1813]
Links to other floras: = Glycyrrhiza lepidota - FNA11.2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 0
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