American Licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh - Pea familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 4.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: White
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on American Licorice: Colias eurytheme, Epargyreus clarus, Filatima glycyrhizaeella, Lycaeides melissa, Lycaeides melissa paradoxa
Native Range
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan
- USA: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- MEX: Mexico Northeast
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.