Difference between revisions of "Cichorium intybus"
Sp. Pl. 2: 813. 1753.
FNA>Volume Importer |
FNA>Volume Importer |
||
Line 33: | Line 33: | ||
-->{{#Taxon: | -->{{#Taxon: | ||
name=Cichorium intybus | name=Cichorium intybus | ||
− | |||
|authority=Linnaeus | |authority=Linnaeus | ||
|rank=species | |rank=species | ||
Line 49: | Line 48: | ||
|publication year=1753 | |publication year=1753 | ||
|special status= | |special status= | ||
− | |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/ | + | |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_273.xml |
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae | |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae | ||
|genus=Cichorium | |genus=Cichorium |
Revision as of 20:18, 16 December 2019
Perennials (sometimes flowering first year). Leaves: blades of basal 5–35+ × 1–8(–12+) cm; cauline similar, smaller, narrower, distal mostly linear. Peduncles mostly 0–2 mm, some narrowly clavate, 12–45(–85+) mm. Phyllaries: outer 5–6 lance-ovate to lanceolate, 4–7 mm, basally cartilaginous, distally herbaceous, inner 8+ lance-linear to linear, 6–12 mm, herbaceous, all usually with some gland-tipped hairs 0.5–0.8 mm on margins near bases or on abaxial faces toward tips. Cypselae 2–3 mm; pappi 0.01–0.2 mm. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Disturbed sites
Elevation: 0–1500 m
Distribution
St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Ark., Calif., Conn., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Maine, Mass., Mich., Mo., Nev., N.H., N.Y., N.C., Pa., R.I., Tex., Utah, Vt., Europe, Asia, introduced also in Africa, South America.
Discussion
Leaves of Cichorium intybus are sometimes used as salad greens; the roasted roots are sometimes ground and used as an addition to (or adulterant of) coffee.
Selected References
None.