Chicory is a flowering plant with blue flowers, originally from the Old World but now seen growing wild as a weed in North America.

Chicory

Chicory is a flowering plant with blue flowers, originally from the Old World but now seen growing wild…

Of the Composite family (Compositae), the chicory (Cichorium Intybus).

Chicory

Of the Composite family (Compositae), the chicory (Cichorium Intybus).

Chicory is the common name of cichorium intybus. It is a familiar weed along roadsides in the eastern part of the United States. The flowers are bright blue.

Chicory Flower

Chicory is the common name of cichorium intybus. It is a familiar weed along roadsides in the eastern…

"Chicory (Cichorium Intybus). A, portion of flowering branch; B, basal leaf (runcinate-pinnatifid); C, median longitudinal section through a head, showing the insertion of the flowers; D, individual flower; E, fruit (ripened ovary), showing the persistent pappus (calyx) of short scales." -Gager, 1916

Common Chicory

"Chicory (Cichorium Intybus). A, portion of flowering branch; B, basal leaf (runcinate-pinnatifid);…