Apiaceae
Scots lovage
Ligusticum scoticum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Ligusticum
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Common names
By language (15)
- Chinese
- 苏格兰藁本
- Danish
- Skotsk Lostilk
- English
- Scots lovage, Scottish licorice-root
- Finnish
- Merirantaputki
- fj
- Sikote lovage
- French
- Livêche d'Écosse
- German
- Schottischer Liebstöckel, Schottische Mutterwurz
- Icelandic
- Sæhvönn
- Irish
- Sunais
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Strandkjeks
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Strandkjeks
- Russian
- Лигустикум шотландский, Дикая морковь, Корякская петрушка, Лигустикум тихоокеанский, Лигустикум Хультена, Моржовник
- Spanish
- Apium ternatum, Petroselinum ternatum
- Swedish
- Strandloka
- Welsh
- Llwfach yr Alban
Synonyms
- Angelica scotica Lam.
- Haloscias scoticum Fr.
- Ligusticum scoticum subsp. scoticum
- Meum scoticum Baill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Stemonitis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.