Index / Search / Ligusticum canadense
§1 Plant
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton
vernacular Canadian licorice-root — species · Apiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Ligusticum
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 237 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 237 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Fauquier 51061
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LICA16 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3034793 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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