Glycyrrhiza L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 127

41. Glycyrrhiza L. 2

Perennial herbs, with some or all parts of the plant glandular and often viscid. Leaves imparipinnate. Stipules membranous, caducous. Calyx weakly bilabiate; corolla whitish-violet, rarely pale yellow; stamens diadelphous or monadelphous. Legume compressed or constricted between the seeds, indéhiscent or tardily dehiscent, usually brown. Seeds 1-8. 1 Corolla 4-6 mm; raceme (excluding peduncle) not more than

20 mm at anthesis; capitate at anthesis and in fruit 5. echinata 1 Corolla 7 mm or more; raceme (excluding peduncle) usually more than 20 mm; rarely capitate at anthesis, not capitate in fruit 2 Plant not more than 25 cm, scabrid; legume strongly curved,

terete, constricted between the seeds, glabrous 4. aspera 2 Plant usually more than 25 cm, rarely scabrid; legume straight or nearly so, compressed, sometimes setose 3 Standard pale yellow; legume c. 14 mm, fusiform, densely setose 1. foetida 3 Standard pale violet or whitish; legume usually more than

15 mm, linear-oblong, straight or slightly curved, setose to glabrous 4 Leaflets 9-17, 20-40(-55) mm, elliptical to oblong-ovate,

obtuse, sometimes mucronate; legume straight, with straight sutures 2. glabra 4 Leaflets 5-11,1O-2O(-3O) mm, broadly elliptical to obovate,

acute or obtuse; legume slightly curved, with undulate sutures 3. korshinskyi