Glycyrrhiza glabra L., 1753 37% complete

Licorice

Sp. Pl.: 742 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 742 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Licorice No source recorded
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Observations C. Medit. to Mongolia and Pakistan No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 78 cm
  • 77.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 251, 500, 818, 882, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Fruit color red, brown Sourced
Fruit shape legume Sourced
Growth habit Subshrub, Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 100 cm
  • 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 251, 500, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 164, 460, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light 9 / 9 · full sun
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation High Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 6.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Differs from sources
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record