Native Liquorice

Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa, with the common names native liquorice, and southern liquorice is a subshrub in the pea family, Fabaceae. The species is native to Australia. It grows to between 0.1 and 1 metre high. Narrow purple flowers appear between September and May in the species native range.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Native Liquorice being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Glycyrrhiza glabra
• Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Glycyrrhiza

Species

Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa

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