Calflora Taxon Report
Glycyrrhiza lepidota  Pursh
American licorice, Lichorice, Wild licorice
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2010 Steve Matson
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2010 Steve Matson
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2010 Steve Matson
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2010 Steve Matson
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2010 Steve Matson
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2021 Mike Russler
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2024 Ron Vanderhoff
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2020 Ron Vanderhoff
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2024 R.A. Chasey
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2024 R.A. Chasey
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2021 Mike Russler
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2020 Ron Vanderhoff
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2020 Ron Vanderhoff
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2020 Ron Vanderhoff
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2025 Ryan O'Dell
Glycyrrhiza lepidota is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Genus: Glycyrrhiza
Family: Fabaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
PLANTSGlycyrrhiza glutinosa
PLANTSGlycyrrhiza lepidota var. glutinosa
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[Wikipedia] Uses: After eating a roasted root in 1806, Meriwether Lewis described an "agreeable flavor not unlike the sweet pittaitoe (sweet potato)."[7] American licorice is not sweet from sugar but from glycyrrhizin. Glycyrrhizin may increase blood pressure (aka hypertension) by interfering with cortisol conversion. The Zuni people chew the root to keep the mouth sweet and moist.[8] (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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