《中国植物志》|| 豆科 LEGUMINOSAE ||甘草组 Sect. Glycyrrhiza ||胀果甘草 Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin

4. 胀果甘草（兰州大学学报）图版44: 5-6
Glycyrrhiza inflata Batal. in Acta Hort. Petrop. 11: 484. 1891; Krug. in Fl. Syst. Vas. 11: 175. f. 2. 1955; S. C. Lin et al. in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 15 (2): 31. f. 4. 1977; Yakovlev in Glubov, Pl. Asiae Centr. 8a: 48. 1988; X. Y. Li in Bull. Bot. Res. 13 (1): 26. 1993.——G. eurycarpa P. C. Li in Acta Bot. Bor. -Occ. Sin. 4 (2): 118. 1984; X. Y. Li, op. cit. p. 23.——G. korshinskyi auct. non. G. Grig.: S. C. Lin et al. in Acta Phytotax Sin. 15 (2): 47. 1977; X. Y. Li, op. cit. p. 27.
多年生草本；根与根状茎粗壮，外皮褐色，被黄色鳞片状腺体，里面淡黄色，有甜味。茎直立，基部带木质，多分枝，高50-150厘米。叶长4-20厘米；托叶小三角状披针形，褐色，长约1毫米，早落；叶柄、叶轴均密被褐色鳞片状腺点，幼时密被短柔毛；小叶3-7 (-9) 枚，卵形、椭圆形或长圆形，长2-6厘米，宽0.8-3厘米，先端锐尖或钝，基部近圆形，上面暗绿色，下面淡绿色，两面被黄褐色腺点，沿脉疏被短柔毛，边缘或多或少波状。总状花序腋生，具多数疏生的花；总花梗与叶等长或短于叶，花后常延伸，密被鳞片状腺点，幼时密被柔毛；苞片长圆状坡针形，长约3毫米，密被腺点及短柔毛；花萼钟状，长5-7毫米，密被橙黄色腺点及柔毛，萼齿5，披针形，与萼筒等长，上部2齿在1/2以下连合；花冠紫色或淡紫色，旗瓣长椭圆形，长6-9 (-12) 毫米，宽4-7毫米，先端圆，基部具短瓣柄，翼瓣与旗瓣近等大，明显具耳及瓣柄，龙骨瓣稍短，均具瓣柄和耳。荚果椭圆形或长圆形，长8-30毫米，宽5-10毫米，直或微弯，二种子间胀膨或与侧面不同程度下隔，被褐色的腺点和刺毛状腺体，疏被长柔毛。种子1-4枚，圆形，绿色，径2-3毫米。花期5-7月，果期6-10月。
产内蒙古、甘肃和新疆。常生于河岸阶地、水边、农田边或荒地中。哈萨克斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦、土库曼斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦和塔吉克斯坦也有分布。模式标本采自新疆。
根和根状茎供药用。

《Flora of China》|| Fabaceae || Glycyrrhiza ||胀果甘草 Glycyrrhiza inflata

2. Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada. 11: 484. 1891.

胀果甘草 zhang guo gan cao

Glycyrrhiza eurycarpa P. C. Li; G. hediniana Harms; G. paucifoliolata Hance.

Herbs, perennial. Roots and rhizomes strong. Stem 50-150 cm tall, woody at base. Leaves 4-20 cm, 3-7(or 9)-foliolate; stipules caducous, brown, triangular-lanceolate, small, ca. 1 mm; petiole densely brown glandular punctate, densely pubes­cent when young; leaflets ovate, elliptic, or oblong, 2-6 × 0.8-3 cm, brown glandular punctate, sparsely pubescent on veins, base rounded, margin somewhat undulate, apex acute or obtuse. Racemes with rachis shorter than or ca. as long as leaves, densely glandular punctate, densely hairy when young; bracts oblong-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, densely glandular punctate and pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 5-7 mm, densely glandular punctate and pubescent, 5-toothed; upper 2 teeth joined to 1/2 from base. Corolla purple or light purple; standard narrowly elliptic, 6-9(-12) × 4-7 mm, base shortly clawed, apex rounded; wings ca. as long as standard, obviously auriculate and clawed; keel shorter, auriculate and clawed. Legume straight or slightly curved, elliptic or oblong, 8-30 × 5-10 mm, inflated or somewhat constricted between seeds, brown glan­dular punctate and glandular hairy, sparsely villous. Seeds 1-4, green, orbicular, 2-3 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jun-Oct. 2n = 16*.

Riverbanks, dry stream banks, margins of farms, wastelands; ca. 1100 m. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mon­golia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan].