Common Chicory - Cichorium intybus
Commonly called
blue sailors, chicory, coffeeweed, Common chicory, succory
Family: Aster (Asteraceae)
Habitat: fields, roadsides, waste places
For some unknown reason, I rarely see insects busy in chicory flowers. Two exceptions noted below include a bee and a grasshopper.
Pictures are free for noncommercial use. Please select a thumbnail for larger image.

Height: 1-4 feet. Flower size: 1-1/2 inches across / Flower color: light blue, occasionally white or pink / Flowering time: June to October
Chicory was introduced to America during colonial times. The roots are used in herb teas and as a coffee substitute, and the leaves of selected varieties are grown as a salad green.

Kingdom Plantae -- Planta, plantes, plants, Vegetal
Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- vascular plants
Division Magnoliophyta -- angiospermes, angiosperms, flowering plants, phanérogames, plantes à fleurs, plantes à fruits
Class Magnoliopsida -- dicots, dicotylédones, dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae / Order Asterales / Family Asteraceae -- sunflowers, tournesols
Genus Cichorium L. -- chicory
Direct Children:
Species Cichorium endivia L. -- cultivated endive
Species Cichorium intybus L. -- blue sailors, chicory, coffeeweed, Common chicory, succory

 
Web Cirrusimage.com

Cirrus Home
Bees
Beetles
Cicadas
Butterflies
Damselflies

Bugs

Dragonflies

Flies

Mantids

Moths

Skippers

Spiders

Wildflowers



 
Please see these guidelines for free non-commercial use of our photos. Contact me:Bruce Marlin