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Cichorium intybus - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Cichorium intybus - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Cichorium intybus - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Cichorium intybus - Branches - Click to enlarge!

Branches; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1303
Date of entry: 15.05.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Common chicory

German: Gemeine Wegwarte

Mandarin: 菊苣 (ju ju)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Cichorium (3)

            Epithet: intybus L. (1)

intybus => wild chicory that is harvested in January

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue

External links

Check for Cichorium intybus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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