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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…

A composite plant common in waste places, found throughout Europe and Asia as far as India, and naturalized in the United States.

Chicory

A composite plant common in waste places, found throughout Europe and Asia as far as India, and naturalized…

A Chicory flower half cut away, better showing some of the flower.

Chicory

A Chicory flower half cut away, better showing some of the flower.

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

Chicory

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

"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);…

Illustrated is an improved chicory root. Chicory is native to Europe but has been naturalized in the United States.

Improved Chicory Root

Illustrated is an improved chicory root. Chicory is native to Europe but has been naturalized in the…

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. 1, Floret; 2, fruit.

Chicory

Chicory. 1, Floret; 2, fruit.