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WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



Wild Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota (Nutt.) Pursh.). 



Description. — A branching perennial 2-3 feet high, leaves com- 

 pound of 15-19 oblong-lanceolate leaflets with mucronate points; 

 young leaflets sprinkled with a resinous material ; flowers in spikes ; 

 short peduncled ; whitish ; pods oblong, covered with hooked 

 prickles, resembling a cocklebur. 



Distribution. — Common in the west, western Iowa to Rocky 

 mountains, Utah, New Mexico, and Montana to Canada, also re- 



Fig. 113. Wild Liquorice {Glycyrrhiza lepidota.) Occurs in western and cen- 

 tral parts of the state. 



