Cichorium intybus L. Common Chicory

Cichorium intybus L. - Common Chicory

Scientific Description:

Roughly hairy or ± glabrous perennial herb with a stout tap root. Stems stiff, grooved, 20−100 cm. Basal leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate, and toothed to runcinate. Cauline leaves similar but sessile and often with acute auricles. Capitula 2.5–3.5 cm broad, axillary or at ends of thickend peduncles. Outer phyllaries ovate, often spreading; inner lanceolate, 2−3 × longer than outer, glabrous or with stout hairs towards apex. Pappus 8−10 × shorter than achene.

 

Flowering time: (April−) June−September.

Habitat: Cultivated fields, meadows and waste places, s.l.−3050 m.

 

Reference:
Matthews VA (1975). Cichorium intybus L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 627.

Public Description:

Cichorium intybus, known as “common chicory”, “blue daisy”, “blue dandelion” and “wild endive”, is distributed in Europe, from Scandanavia, south and east to North Africa and West Asia. It is a perennial plant with sky blue flowers, and grows up to 100 cm in length. It blooms between June and September and is found in cultivated fields, meadows and waste places. Some cultivar forms of chicory are grown for their bitterness leaves, and others for roots that are used as coffee additives.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory/, Accessed date: 08.01.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/cichorium-intybus-chicory/, Accessed date: 08.01.2016.

Ekim T (2012). Cichorium L. In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 140–141.