Chicory

(Cichorium intybus)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flower	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect, branched perennial from deep taproot, milky sap from stem

Root anatomy: Long, fleshy, simply branched taproot

Leaf anatomy: Rosette of leaves at base, alternately arranged leaves along stem, slightly lobed or entire, much longer than wide, can have slightly lobed margins

Reproduction: Flower heads single or in raceme at the ends of branches & in leaf axils, bright blue but sometimes white petals, petal ends round & slightly squared

_{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}