Glycyrrhiza glabra, Liquorice, Licorice - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Liquorice, Licorice

Botanical name & synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, Glycyrrhiza hirsuta, Glycyrrhiza echinata, Glycyrrhiza pallida, Glycyrrhiza officinalis, Glycyrrhiza lachochoevis, Glycyrrhiza viscosa, Glycyrrhiza vulgaris

Family: Legume, pea, bean (Fabaceae, Leguminosae)

• native to southern Europe and South West Asia
  

• perennial
  

• 100 to 150cm
  

• flower VII to IX
  

• moderately frost resistant
  

• medicinal plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra radix)
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 12,5 gram
  

Sow seed at 20ºC (68ºF), germination slow.