Licorice

Other names

Liquorice, Sweetwood

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Mediterranean Region and Central and Southwestern Asia

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Richters, Sandy Mush Herb Nursery

Description

Stoloniferous perennial reaching 3' in height. Leaflets in 4 to 8 pairs, elliptic to oblong, obtuse, viscous beneath. Flowers small, bluish or violet, fruit nearly glabrous.

USDA Hardiness Zone

7

Special characteristics

other ethnobotanical uses