Fabaceae
American licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Glycyrrhiza
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- عرقسوس منقط الحراشف
- arz
- عرقسوس منقط الحراشف
- Catalan
- Regalèssia americana
- English
- American licorice, Wild licorice
- Hebrew
- שוש אמריקאי
- hsb
- Ameriski słódnik
- nv
- Ałtaʼneetsʼéhiitsʼóóz
- Slovenian
- Ameriški sladki koren
Synonyms
- Glycyrrhiza glutinosa Nutt.
- Glycyrrhiza lepidota var. glutinosa (Nutt.) S.Watson
- Liquiritia lepidota Nutt.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tenneh Garlimah, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kat Youngren, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Joseph H, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: josiah waldner, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kay Britton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: twistyourstitch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.