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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cichorium intybus   FAMILY Asteraceae_   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cichorium intybus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cichorium intybus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Cichorium intybus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-04-001:

Cichorium intybus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cichorium intybus

 

COMMON NAME:
Chicory, Blue-sailors, Succory


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ciin_001_lvd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_395

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0506n_12

June    Buncombe County    NC

Roadside

The dried roasted root is used as a flavoring or substitute for coffee, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

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John B. Nelson    jbn_7652980996_811e421baf

July    Colleton County    SC

Ray flowers have 5 teeth at their tip; disk flowers are absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm0007d_25

July    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

Flowers usually open only in the morning, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm170914_0427

September    Haywood County    NC

Anthers blue, connate around style. Style blue and white. Stigma blue, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).

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JK Marlow    jkm170914_0431

September    Haywood County    NC

Short outer bracts and long narrow inner bracts usually glandular-ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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John Cardina, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org     bug_1551016

Month Unknown        

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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org    bug_5374372

Month Unknown        

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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org    bug_5374373

Month Unknown        

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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5436765

Month Unknown        

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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5436770

Month Unknown        

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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5436772

Month Unknown        

Leaves oblong, toothed or pinnately lobed, smaller upward on the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5436776

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cichorium intybus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cichorium intybus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cichorium intybus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Cichorium intybus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-04-001:
Cichorium intybus   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cichorium intybus

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, fencerows, vacant lots, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue (rarely pink or white)
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brownish/Blackish
Achene

 

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