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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cichorium intybus
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
Go to FSUS key
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org bug_5374372
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org bug_5374373
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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_5436765
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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_5436770
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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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p088
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p382
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p440
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p132
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p246
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p065
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p283
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p332
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p173
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p087
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