Ligusticum canbyi J.M.Coult. & Rose

Canby's licorice-root (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Ligusticum

Characteristics

A tall herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 120 cm tall. The rootstock is thick and fibrous. The leaves are compound and near the base. They are finely divided. The flowers are small and at the top of the stem. They are white and in a flat-topped group.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system fibrous-root tap-root
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a cool temperate plant. It grows in moist and wet stream banks. It grows at moderate and high elevations in Canada. It grows in hardiness zone 3.
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-6

Usage

It is chewed for its taste rather than eaten.
Uses incense medicinal smoking
Edible leaves roots shoots stems
Therapeutic use Cold Remedy (root), Cough Medicine (root), Ear Medicine (root), Respiratory Aid (root), Anticonvulsive (root), Ceremonial Medicine (root), Internal Medicine (root), Other (root), Pediatric Aid (root), Unspecified (root), Heart Medicine (unspecified), Unspecified (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Fumitory (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Fever (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Ligusticum canbyi unspecified picture

Distribution

Ligusticum canbyi world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Conservation status

Ligusticum canbyi threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:140040-2
WFO ID wfo-0001067833
COL ID 7299N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ligusticum caeruleomontanum Ligusticum leibergii Ligusticum canbyi