Chicory plant

Common Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a woody perennial plant and a member of the dandelion family. This plant has many popular names including blue dandelion, blue daisy, coffee-weed, blueweed, wild endive, bunk, horseweed, and bachelor’s buttons. Varieties of Chicory used in various food dishes include endive, sugarloaf, red endive, witlof, radicchio, and radichetta. In addition…

Medicinal plant Chicory. Watercolor botanical illustration

Chicory (Common chicory, Cichorium intybus) is a perennial herbaceous plant that has permanent and spindles root, rigid and erect stem and reaches up to 1.5 meters. The leaves are long and lance-shaped; flowers are large, light blue and bloom through the summer season.

Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white orpink. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (b…

Common chicory offers a multitude of culinary uses, from brewed root beverages to leafy greens, and a wide variety of health benefits. Read more now.

Botanical Name: Cichorium intybus L. Other Common Names: Common chicory, wild chicory, coffee chicory, coffee weed, succory, wild succory, blue saisy, blue sailors, achicoria (Spanish), sikuri (Finnish), Wegwarte (German), chicorée (French), cikoria (Swedish), cikorie (Danish). Habitat: Chicory is found growing wild in Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. It has been introduced to North America, where it has locally become naturalized. Chicory commonly occurs as a weed along roadsides and…

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