Cichorium Intybus
Common chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink.Common chicory is also known as blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailors, blue weed, bunk, coffeeweed, cornflower, hendibeh, horseweed, ragged sailors, succory, wild bachelor's buttons, and wild endive.
When flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem. It can grow to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall. The leaves are stalked, lanceolate and unlobed; they range from 10–32 cm (4–12+1⁄2 in) in length and 2–8 cm (3⁄4–3+1⁄4 in) wide. The flower heads are 3–4 cm (1+1⁄4–1+1⁄2 in) wide, and usually light purple or lavender; it has also been described as light blue, and rarely white or pink. Of the two rows of involucral bracts, the inner is longer and erect, the outer is shorter and spreading. It flowers from July until October.
Cichorium Intybus
Common chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink.Common chicory is also known as blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailors, blue weed, bunk, coffeeweed, cornflower, hendibeh, horseweed, ragged sailors, succory, wild bachelor's buttons, and wild endive.
When flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem. It can grow to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall. The leaves are stalked, lanceolate and unlobed; they range from 10–32 cm (4–12+1⁄2 in) in length and 2–8 cm (3⁄4–3+1⁄4 in) wide. The flower heads are 3–4 cm (1+1⁄4–1+1⁄2 in) wide, and usually light purple or lavender; it has also been described as light blue, and rarely white or pink. Of the two rows of involucral bracts, the inner is longer and erect, the outer is shorter and spreading. It flowers from July until October.