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20199788 (2) Chicory

Name: Chicory, Cichorium intybus L.,

 

Other Names: CICIN, chicorée sauvage, Blue daisy, Blue sailors, Coffee-weed, Common chicory, Wild succory, chicorée.

 

Family: Composite or Aster Family (Compositae)

 

General Description: Biennial or usually perennial, reproducing only by seed. It is distinguished in rosette and non-flowering stages by its coarse, rough-hairy leaves superficially resembling Dandelion leaves, and when in flower, by its large, showy, blue flowers in stalkless clusters along the branches.

Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the dandelion family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons, or roots, which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and food additive. Wikipedia

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Uploaded on September 4, 2019
Taken on August 12, 2019