Wild liquorice or wild licorice typically refers to any of three plants: Liquorice milk-vetch, a European species Astragalus glycyphyllos Small spikenard, a North American species Aralia nudicaulis American licorice, a North American species Glycyrrhiza lepidota Abrus precatorius, Asian species but may also refer to other members of the liquorice genus Glycyrrhiza.