Index / Search / Glycyrrhiza lepidota
§1 Plant
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
vernacular American licorice — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Glycyrrhiza
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 639 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 14–40 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Low
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 52,688
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 639 counties across 25 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
California view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Contra Costa 06013
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Orange 06059
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Crowley 08025
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Pitkin 08097
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Canyon 16027
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Lemhi 16059
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Washington 16087
Illinois view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 88 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Woodson 20207
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Jackson 27063
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Morrison 27097
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Lake 30047
- Liberty 30051
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Arthur 31005
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Garden 31069
- Gosper 31073
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Kimball 31105
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- McPherson 31117
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nemaha 31127
- Platte 31141
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
Nevada view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Guadalupe 35019
- Harding 35021
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Rio Arriba 35039
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Beadle 46005
- Bennett 46007
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Butte 46019
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Douglas 46043
- Fall River 46047
- Gregory 46053
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hutchinson 46067
- Hyde 46069
- Jackson 46071
- Jones 46075
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lake 46079
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- McPherson 46089
- Mellette 46095
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
Texas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Armstrong 48011
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Childress 48075
- Cottle 48101
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Garza 48169
- Gray 48179
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Motley 48345
- Oldham 48359
- Potter 48375
- Randall 48381
- Roberts 48393
- Swisher 48437
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
Utah view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Daggett 49009
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GLLE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2965778 ↗Record version
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