Common name: Native Liquorice
Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa (Lindl.) J.M.Black APNI* 
Description: Erect subshrub to 1 m high, ± glabrous.
Leaves 2–8 cm long; leaflets 9–13, linear to elliptic or obovate, 15–20 mm long; 2–8 mm wide, apex shortly mucronate, margins with minute, curved hairs, gland-dotted; stipules 3–5 mm long.
Racemes spike-like, exceeding the leaves; peduncles 3–6 cm long; bracts filiform, 3–4 mm long. Calyx 3–4 mm long, teeth ± equal to tube. Corolla very pale mauve to blue, 5–8 mm long; standard lanceolate; wings shorter, linear-oblong; keel shortest, acute.
Pod ovoid, 5–6 mm long, bristly, rusty-coloured; seeds c. 2.5 mm long, green mottled black.
Flowering: spring–autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in various habitats, especially on heavy soils prone to flooding.
NSW subdivisions: CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A.
Text by C. Gardner
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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