Fabaceae FAMILY
Glycyrrhiza aspera
Glycyrrhiza aspera
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Glycyrrhiza aspera is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a cluster of erect, usually unbranched stems 10 - 30cm tall from a slender, rhizomatous rootstock[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a tea.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope - southern Russia; Asia - western Russia, Caucasus, through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and central Asia to Mongolia and NW China
HabitatMargins of farms, riverbanks, steppes; at elevations from 100 - 800 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Dry steppes, semideserts, desert oases in central Asia[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].