Index / Search / Ligusticum porteri
§1 Plant
Ligusticum porteri J.M. Coult. & Rose
vernacular Porter's licorice-root — species · Apiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Ligusticum
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 50 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 50 counties across 5 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Mesa 08077
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Ouray 08091
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LIPO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3034795 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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