Common name
English: Licorice weed
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2633)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2537)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)
Order: Scrophulariales (94)
Family: Scrophulariaceae (38)(family description)
Genus: Scoparia (1)
Epithet: dulcis L. (2)
Synonym: Gratiola micrantha Nutt.
dulcis => sweet, or any taste not acrid
micrantha => bearing minute flowers
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Scoparia dulcis at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1678] Scoparia dulcis - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
