Cichorium intybus

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 813. 1753.

Common names: Chicory chicorée
IntroducedIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 222.

Perennials (sometimes flowering first-year). Leaves: blades of basal 5–35+ × 1–8 (–12+) cm; cauline similar, smaller, narrower, distal mostly linear. Peduncles mostly 0–2 mm, some narrowly clavate, 12–45 (–85+) mm. Phyllaries: outer 5–6 lanceovate to lanceolate, 4–7 mm, basally cartilaginous, distally herbaceous, inner 8+ lance-linear to linear, 6–12 mm, herbaceous, all usually with some gland-tipped hairs 0.5–0.8 mm on margins near bases or on abaxial faces toward tips. Cypselae 2–3 mm; pappi 0.01–0.2 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Disturbed sites
Elevation: 0–1500 m

Distribution

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Introduced; St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Ark., Calif., Conn., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Maine, Mass., Mich., Mo., Nev., N.H., N.Y., N.C., Pa., R.I., Tex., Utah, Vt., Europe, Asia, also in Africa, South America

Discussion

Leaves of Cichorium intybus are sometimes used as salad greens; the roasted roots are sometimes ground and used as an addition to (or adulterant of) coffee.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"fine" is not a number."narrower" is not a number.

... more about "Cichorium intybus"
obtuse;acute +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
Linnaeus +
oblanceolate +  and lance-linear +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
tuberculate +, rugose +, muricate +  and smooth +
filiform +
Chicory +  and chicorée +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
white +, pink +  and blue +
prismatic +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Europe +, Asia +, also in Africa +  and South America +
0–1500 m +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Disturbed sites +
gland-tipped +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
entire +, dentate +  and usually runcinate-pinnate +
divided +, lobed +  and dentate +
lanceovate +  and lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
coroniform +
0.001 cm0.01 mm <br />1.0e-5 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (8.5 cm85 mm <br />0.085 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jul. +
connate +  and distinct +
10 +  and 15 +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
hispid +  and pilose or glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Undefined tribe Lactuceae +
Cichorium intybus +
Cichorium +
species +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +