Cichorium intybus
Chicorée sauvage
Wild Chicory
Additional information
| Plant family | |
|---|---|
| Area | Provence Verte |
| Flower colour | white, blue |
| Flower size | 25-40 mm |
| Flowering months | July, August, September, October |
| Leaf type | Lanceolate, Pinnatisect |
| Height | 60-100 cm |
Description
Tall biennial with erect, branched stems.
Grassy habitats, fields, cultivated and fallow ground, roadsides.
Flowers
The flowerheads are sky blue, sometimes pink or white, borne in leafy branched spikes. Each ray floret is fringed.
Leaves
Pinnatisect leaf is deeply lobed, almost to the central midrib, Lanceolate leaf is lance-shaped: long and widest in the middle. Basal leaves: lobes almost to central midrib.
Upper leaves: long, wider in the middle, pointed, clasping the stem.
Fruits Seeds
Achene: a cluster of small 1-seeded fruit.
Edible
Roots: as a coffee substitute.
Medical
Roots: diuretic, laxative, tonic for the liver.
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