Glycyrrhiza uralensisFisch. ex DC.

WFO wfo-0001053609 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Glycyrrhiza uralensis, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. a Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 191536713
Glycyrrhiza uralensis, photographed by Valentin Kosterin
fig. b Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149370539
Glycyrrhiza uralensis, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. c Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152115093
Glycyrrhiza uralensis, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. d Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 78903763
Glycyrrhiza uralensis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. e Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142691797
Glycyrrhiza uralensis, photographed by София Р.
fig. f София Р., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190320785
Glycyrrhiza uralensis, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. g Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191536420
Glycyrrhiza uralensis, photographed by София Р.
fig. h София Р., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190318720

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Glycyrrhiza uralensis is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Pakistan, East European Russia, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia AfghanistanAltayBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaQinghaiTadzhikistanTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangPakistanEast European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaSouth European Russia
Native distribution of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
Northwest European Russia RUW
South European Russia RUS
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 36 in flower of 56 examined

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Glycyrrhiza uralensis observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 36 of 56 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 9 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Glycyrrhiza asperrima var. uralensis (Fisch. ex DC.) Regel & Herder
  • Glycyrrhiza eglandulosa X.Y.Li
  • Glycyrrhiza glabra var. tuberculata Regel & Herder
  • Glycyrrhiza glabra var. uralensis (Fisch. ex DC.) L.Duan
  • Glycyrrhiza glandulifera var. grandiflora (Tausch) Ledeb.
  • Glycyrrhiza gobica Grankina
  • Glycyrrhiza grandiflora Tausch
  • Glycyrrhiza korshinskyi Grig.
  • Glycyrrhiza krasnoborovii Grankina
  • Glycyrrhiza orientalis Grankina & Letjaeva
  • Glycyrrhiza sergievskiana Grankina & Aralbaev
  • Glycyrrhiza shiheziensis X.Y.Li
  • Glycyrrhiza soongorica Grankina
  • Glycyrrhiza uralensis f. elongata Malzeva
  • Glycyrrhiza uralensis f. intermedia Malzeva
  • Glycyrrhiza uralensis f. rariflora Malzeva
  • Glycyrrhiza uralensis var. orientalis Yakovl.
  • Glycyrrhiza viscida Grankina

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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