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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cichorium intybus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read Edible Wild Plants: Chicory from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Cichorium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The dried roasted root is used as a flavoring or substitute for coffee, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
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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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).
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).
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).
JK Marlow jkm170914_0427
September Haywood County NC
Anthers blue, connate around style. Style blue and white. Stigma blue, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
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).
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).
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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