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Common Chicory
Cichorium intybus
36.2347, -6.06816
Field Notes
Description:
Common chicory, is an erect, somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant with bright blue flowers. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or for roots (var. sativum), which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. It is also grown as a forage crop for livestock. (Wikipedia)
Habitat:
It lives as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and in North America and Australia, where it has become naturalized.
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PublishedJune 20, 2011
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