Scoparia dulcis L.

Common Name : Licorice weed
Family : Scrophulariaceae

HABIT

AN ERECT PERENNIAL HERB.

STEMS

UP TO 90 CM TALL; STEM 5-6-ANGLED, GLABROUS; DIVARICATELY BRANCHED, FETID SMELLING.

LEAVES

 LEAVES OPPOSITE OR IN WHORLS OF 3, OBLONG-OVATE TO OBLANCEOLATE, 0.5-3.8 CM LONG AND 0.8-1.5 CM WIDE, TAPERING AT BASE, SUBACUTE AT APEX, MARGINS ENTIRE OR COARSELY CRENATE-SERRATE, GLABROUS ON BOTH SURFACES.

FLOWERS

FLOWERS SMALL, BORNE IN SMALL, 2-6-FLOWERED AXILLARY WHORLS IN SLENDER PEDICELS, 8-13 MM LONG; COROLLA WHITE, 0.5 CM IN DIAMETER.

FRUITS

CAPSULE SUBGLOBOSE, 3-4 MM IN DIAMETER.