Native Liquorice
Patch
Native Liquorice
Leaves
| Native Liquorice Patch | | Native Liquorice Leaves | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Legumes (Fabales) | ||||
| Family: | Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Native Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Habit, buds, flowers, seed pods🔎 | ||||
| Other name: | Southern Liquorice | ||||
Thank you (PlantBrah ) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere A rambling plant easily mistaken for a weed. Pale lilac flowers with rust coloured seed pods that contrast with the rest of the plant. Summer flowering. Notice the flower sepals & stem are covered in salt. Unusual for a plant that isn't saltbush. You may think it a strange name, but the roots of it's foriegn relative, Glycyrrhiza glabra, are used to make Liquorice. Please, don't dig them up to try it, they are rare and need to flourish in the ground to spread their seed. | |||||
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