Scoparia dulcis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family.

Common names include licorice weed,[2] goatweed,[3] scoparia-weed and sweet-broom in English, tapeiçava, tapixaba, and vassourinha in Portuguese, escobillo in Spanish, and tipychä kuratu in Guarani.

[4] Although S. dulcis is considered a weed in many parts of India and Bangladesh, its use in traditional medicine has led to overexploitation.

[3] As a traditional medicine, S. dulcis has been used for diabetes in India and hypertension in Taiwan.

[6] In Siddha medicine it is used for treatment of kidney stones, but it needs rigorous diet method.