Southern Liquorice,
Native Liquorice
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.


Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Tintinara (NCP04) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [Poocher Swamp; needs water, tolerates disturbance] |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [restricted habitat] |
Wimmera (MDD05) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [not typical habitat; needs water, tolerates disturbance] |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [resilient spp; habitat vulnerable] |
Roxby (GAW07) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [lack of information] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 4
Prior names
Psoralea acanthocarpa
Indigofera acanthocarpa
Glycyrrhiza psoraleoides
Clidanthera psoraleoides
Common names
Southern Liquorice
Native Liquorice
Etymology
Greek 'glykys' sweet, 'rhiza' root and 'acantha' thorn; 'carpos' fruit
Distribution and status
Found on heavy soils prone to flooding Native
Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Eastern, Northern Lofty, Murray, South Eastern
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Erect, sticky undershrub to 1m, almost glabrous. Leaves 2–8 cm long; leaflets 9–13, linear to elliptic or obovate, 15–20 mm long: 2–8 mm wide. Inflorescence a spike-like raceme, exceeding the leaves; 5–8 mm long; corolla whitish-blue to purple. Flowering September - December or January - February. Fruits are pod sessile, ovoid-compressed, 5-6 mm long, covered with hard straight or hooked prickles. Not dehiscent, or if so then matures late; rusty-coloured Seeds are seeds reniform, to 3mm long; green mottled black, nearly filling the cavity
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | MSB | 2,420 (17.56 g) | 100+ | 17-May-2006 | PJA129 Murray | | | |
BGA | 4,890 (41.78 g) | 50 | 6-Dec-2006 | RJB70338 Murray | 1-Aug-2007 | 100% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.