(Wild Licorice)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4074
Glycyrrhiza lepidota, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4061
Glycyrrhiza lepidota, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4071
Glycyrrhiza lepidota, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4082
Glycyrrhiza lepidota, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4063
Glycyrrhiza lepidota, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4085
| Scientific Name | Glycyrrhiza lepidota | USDA PLANTS Symbol | GLLE3 |
| Common Name | American Licorice | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 26719 |
| Family | Fabaceae (Pea) | SEINet References |
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| Description |
Life zones and habitat: Plains to montane (3800 to 8600 ft); average to moist soils in sunny locations; streambanks, fields, prairies, disturbed
areas and in coniferous forests. Plant: Aromatic, erect perennial, 20 to 40 inches tall; simple or branched stems, usually gland-dotted and sticky. Leaves: Compound in groups of 11 to 19 leaflets, each leaflet ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate and 1 to 1.6 inches long and up to 0.5 inch wide; smooth margins and hairless surfaces that may be gland-dotted. Inflorescence: Racemes up to 8 inches long at branch tips and from leaf axils; of many pea-like white to cream-colored or purplish flowers crowded together, each about 0.4 inch long and subtended by an ovate-lanceolate bract up to 0.25 inch long. Bloom Period: June to August. References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, SEINet and Minnesota Wildflowers. |
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Colorado Status: Native |
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