Scoparia dulcis

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Species Distribution Map
Family:PLANTAGINACEAE
Species:Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
Common Name:Sweet Broom; Licorice Weed; Goatweed
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:**
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SCDU3
Plant Notes:Sweet Broom is a native herbaceous annual or short-lived perennial in the Plantain family (Plantaginaceae). Native to the Americas, Sweet Broom has now spread worldwide in tropical and subtropical areas. In Alabama it can be found in the southern third of the state. Sweet Broom occurs on sandbars, on dunes, along rivers and streams, in fields, and on roadsides. It is an annual with a taproot. The stems are erect, green in color, much branched, and glabrous. Plants are 1-3 feet tall. Leaves are opposite or in whorls of three, petiolate, rhomboid to elliptic in outline, with serrate margins. The leaves are glabrous and glandular punctate especially on the lower surface. Flowers are axillary. Each flower has a 4 lobed green calyx. The lobes of the calyx have ciliate margins. Each flower has 4 white petals, a ring of white hair-like filaments, and 4 stamens. The fruit is a capsule. Sweet Broom has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of fever, cough, bronchitis, tooth ache, and diabetes. Brooms are made from the leafy stems of the plant to sweep homes under the impression that they repel insects, especially fleas.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPLANTAGINACEAE - Plantain family
Genus Scoparia
Species Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus - Sweet Broom; Licorice Weed; Goatweed

Citation

Citation SCOPARIA DULCIS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 116. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, Herb. van Royen s.n. (lectotype: L 921.34-49). Lectotypified by D. A. Sutton, in C. E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 86. 1993.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Capraria dulcis Capraria dulcis (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 459. 1891.Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus 1753. 
Gratiola micrantha Gratiola micrantha Nuttall, Amer. J. Sci. ARts 5: 287. 1822. FLORIDA: Without data, Ware s.n. (holotype: PH).
Scoparia dulcis var. tenuifolia Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus, var. tenuifolia Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W.I. 427. 1861. JAMAICA
Scoparia grandiflora Scoparia grandiflora Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 105. 1896. FLORIDA: Hillsborough Co.: Tampa, 20 Aug 1895, Nash 2417 (holotype: NY).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Mobile, Monroe, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 1997

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_44942 Conecuh 28 Nov 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1931		 AUA
Scoparia Dulcis L.
USAM000014571 Mobile 05 Oct 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5278		 USAM
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
TROY000035902 Mobile 09 Oct 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6766		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
TROY000009173 Geneva 08 Nov 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18605		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
TROY000009174 Monroe 17 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18133		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0009275 Mobile 09 Oct 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6766		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis L.
TROY000009167 Baldwin 27 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16741		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0002853 Baldwin 09 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21564		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_72672 Baldwin 11 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
PERD-109		 AUA
Scoparia Dulcis L.
USAM000014577 Baldwin 20 Aug 1979 LeLong, Michel G.
10929		 USAM
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0032044 Houston 15 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26919		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UNA00065613 Baldwin 27 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16741		 UNA
Scoparia dulcis L.
USAM000014572 Mobile 04 Sep 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8673		 USAM
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
JSU139042 Mobile 16 Aug 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3190		 JSU
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
TROY000050616 Geneva 07 Nov 2015 Longbottom, Wayne D.
24004		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0043712 Baldwin 15 Aug 2002 Larsen, Harry S.
1089		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis L.
JSU141902 Baldwin 08 Jun 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9937		 JSU
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
ALNHS00002682 Clarke 10 Jun 2014 Horne, Howard E.
SWS-291		 ALNHS
Scoparia dulcis L.
AUA000032691 Covington 14 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4893		 AUA
Scoparia Dulcis L.
TROY000043249 Houston 15 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26919		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_69560 Covington 15 Aug 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3515		 AUA
Scoparia Dulcis L.
AUA_ACC_65803 Washington 1 Sep 2006 Anonymous
SN		 AUA
Scoparia Dulcis L.
UWAL0018441 Houston 21 Jul 1991 Kral, Robert
79382		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis L.
TROY000009169 Conecuh 28 Nov 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11559		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_59450 Conecuh 28 Nov 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11558		 AUA
Scoparia Dulcis L.
USAM000014574 Baldwin 07 Oct 1967 Scott, D.L.
4030		 USAM
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UNA00042488 Baldwin 11 Aug 1949 Harper, Roland M.
4134		 UNA
Scoparia dulcis L.
TROY000009168 Butler 08 Oct 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18495		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
USAM000014578 Baldwin 10 Jul 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9282		 USAM
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0012645 Monroe 25 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13638		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
TROY000024103 Geneva 28 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19850		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0038014 Baldwin 20 Jul 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8055		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0018980 Geneva 26 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87777		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis L.
USAM000014576 Baldwin 20 Jul 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8055		 USAM
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
TROY000024102 Escambia 12 Nov 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18648		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UNA00056117 Geneva 26 Aug 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11841		 UNA
Scoparia dulcis L.
USAM000014573 Baldwin 23 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7382		 USAM
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0004208 Escambia 12 Nov 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18648		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis L.
USAM000014575 Baldwin 07 Oct 1967 Wofford, B. Eugene
10249		 USAM
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UNA00042486 _ Jul 1885 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Scoparia dulcis L.
TROY000009172 Escambia 08 Sep 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13659		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0004209 Geneva 28 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19850		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis L.
TROY000032982 Baldwin 09 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21564		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0037779 Baldwin 12 Aug 1997 Sorrie, Bruce A.
9389		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis L.
ALNHS00001334 Baldwin 12 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#603		 ALNHS
Scoparia dulcis L.
UWAL0038244 Baldwin 23 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7382		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UWAL0036173 Baldwin 08 Aug 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8138		 UWAL
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_47553 Escambia 7 Nov 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3762		 AUA
Scoparia Dulcis L.
AUA000043417 Baldwin 8 Aug 1925 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Scoparia Dulcis L.
TROY000009170 Dale 03 Jul 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
876		 TROY
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus
UNA00050740 Houston 21 Jul 1997 MacDonald, John R.
10882		 UNA
Scoparia dulcis L.
AUA_ACC_50474 Conecuh 11 Aug 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7624		 AUA
Scoparia Dulcis L.
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