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Cichorium L.

Chicory (en), Chicorée (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae

Characteristics

Annual to perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs glandular and eglandular. Stems branching. Lvs basal and cauline, simple and toothed to runcinate-pinnatifid. Capitula terminal and in axillary clusters, sessile or pedunculate. Involucral bracts with long glandular hairs or glabrous, in 2 rows; outer row shorter. Receptacle areolate, with simple to fimbriate scales. Corolla ligulate, blue, rarely white or pink. Style branches filiform, blue. Achenes numerous, pale or mottled, obovoid to obconic, ± angled, flat at apex, not beaked, compressed together in the capitulum at fruiting; pappus of 1-2 rows of free, short, dirty white, obtuse scales.
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Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, branching. Hairs simple, glandular and eglandular. Leaves basal and cauline. Inflorescences paniculate. Capitula pedunculate or sub-sessile; involucral bracts biseriate; basal portion of inner bracts hardened and erect at maturity. Florets: ligule violet-blue or blue, rarely white or pink. Achenes homomorphic, not compressed, beakless. Pappus of scales, persistent; scales uniform within pappus.
Fls all ligulate and perfect, blue (pink or white); invol bracts biseriate, the outer shorter; achenes glabrous, striate-nerved, sub-5-angled, or the outer slightly compressed; pappus of 1–2 series of scales, sometimes minute; branching, leafy-stemmed, lactiferous herbs with alternate, entire to pinnatifid lvs and several showy heads. 9, mainly Europe and Medit. reg.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Cichorium world distribution map, present in Australia, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30096161-2
WFO ID wfo-4000008307
COL ID 3PTM
BDTFX ID 86177
INPN ID 190824
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Cichorium

Lower taxons

Cichorium intybus Cichorium calvum Cichorium hybridum Cichorium calvum Cichorium bottae Cichorium pumilum Cichorium endivia Cichorium spinosum
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