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Glycyrrhiza echinata
Also called German Liquorice, Hedgehog Liquorice, Licorice, Regaliz Espinoso
Chinese licorice (Glycyrrhiza echinata) is a hardy perennial legume from southeastern Europe and parts of Asia, grown for its sweet roots used in flavoring and medicine. It is a garden or field crop rather than a houseplant, and it needs a sunny, well-drained site and deep soil to develop its roots.
Glycyrrhiza echinata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Glycyrrhiza, with various common names that include Chinese licorice, German licorice, and hedgehog licorice, Eastern European licorice, Hungarian licorice, Prickly licorice, and Roman licorice.
Glycyrrhiza echinata is native to Southeastern Europe, adjacent parts of West Asia and East Asia.
It is used as a flavoring and medicinally, and to produce Russian and German licorice.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glycyrrhiza echinata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
