🪶Indigenous / Native American
Wild Licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
About Wild Licorice
Wild Licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Cough, Digestive Issues, and Fever. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice) is a species of Glycyrrhiza (a genus in the pea/bean family, Fabaceae) native to most of North America, from central Canada south through the United States to California, Texas and Virginia, but absent from the southeastern states. It is also sometimes known in the United States as "wild licorice", to distinguish it from the related European liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) which is occasionally cultivated.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal