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Wild Licorice

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Wild Licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
Family: Fabaceae, Pea
Genus: Glycyrrhiza ...

 


This is a closely related plant, wild licorice (Galium circaezans). It looks very similar to lance-leaved wild licorice, but its leaves and petals have less sharply pointed tips.

Woods Bedstraw, Wild Licorice, Bedstraw,Woods
Species:
Galium circaezans ...

Torrey's Wild Licorice [English]: Galium lanceolatum
Torrey's Willowherb [English]: Epilobium torreyi
Torrey's Wolfberry [English]: Lycium torreyi
Torrey's Wrightwort [English]: Carlowrightia torreyana
Torrey's Yucca [English]: Yucca torreyi ...

Glycyrrhiza lepidota. Wild Licorice. Common across the west. This one was photographed near Rexburg, Idaho.
Dalea purpurea. Prairie Clover. Castle Mountains, near the Smith River in Montana.
Dalea formosa. Feather Dalea.

asparine, Cleavers
asprellum, Rough Bedstraw
boreale, Northern Bedstraw
lanceolatum, Yellow Wild Licorice
triflorum, Fragrant Bedstraw ...

Another species, the wild licorice (G. lepidota), is native to North America; other plants of similar flavor may be called licorice. Licorice is classified in the division , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.

See also: Licorice, Medic, Dalea, Milkvetch, Striped Maple

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