PLANTS Profile for Ligusticum scoticum (Scottish licorice-root)

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PLANTS Profile

Ligusticum scoticum L.
Scottish licorice-root

Symbol:

LISC3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Apiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Ligusticum scoticum L.

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Distribution:
Ligusticum scoticum L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI), CAN (BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, NU, ON, PE, QC), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Ligusticum scoticum L.

View 91 genera in Apiaceae, 12 species in Ligusticum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Ligusticum scoticum L. ssp. hultenii (Fernald) Calder & Roy L. Taylor. .

Ligusticum scoticum ssp. hultenii
Hulten's licorice-root

Distribution of Ligusticum scoticum L. ssp. scoticum. .

Ligusticum scoticum ssp. scoticum
Scottish licorice-root

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Ligusticum scoticum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Apiales
Family	Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus	Ligusticum L. – licorice-root
Species	Ligusticum scoticum L. – Scottish licorice-root

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ligusticum scoticum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Scotch lovage		Endangered
New York:
Scotch lovage		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Scotch lovage		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ligusticum scoticum L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ligusticum scoticum L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29524.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 06:31 AM CDT