Glycyrrhiza lepidota in the spring which ripen in the fall to clusters of burs which contain pods of small bean-like seeds. It can be used as a pioneer species to revegetate bare or disturbed ground and is often the first species to invade a receding alkali flat. There is a market for American licorice root both for medicinal uses and flavoring; also the sweetening of tobacco products. Glycyrrhiza lepidota Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice) is a species of "Glycyrrhiza" (a genus in the pea/bean family, Fabaceae) native to most of North America, from central Canada south through the United States to California, Texas
Eremophila glabra subsp. albicans gave it the name "Stenochilus albicans" and published the description in "Plantae Preissianae". The type was collected by Bartling near Fremantle. It was reduced to a subspecies of "Eremophila glabra" by Robert Chinnock in 2007. "Eremophila glabra" subsp. "albicans" occurs in coastal areas between Bunbury and Shark Bay where it grows in sandy soil on sand dunes and limestone outcrops. Eremophila glabra subsp. albicans Eremophila glabra" subsp. "albicans is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is similar to other shrubs in the species "Eremophila glabra" but it distinguished from them by its