Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Licorice Weed

Scoparia dulcis

Spanish: Paraguay

Licorice Weed (Scoparia dulcis)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Scoparia dulcis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family. Common names include licorice weed, goatweed, scoparia-weed and sweet-broom in English, tapeiçava, tapixaba, and vassourinha in Portuguese, escobillo in Spanish, and tipychä kuratu in Guarani. It is native to the Neotropics but it can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical world. Most often recorded in Feb, Jun, Nov.

Local records3 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records8,369 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2022 – 2025
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Licorice Weed (Scoparia dulcis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/scoparia-dulcis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.