Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : cicin
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: chicory
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Gemeine Wegwarte ; ES : achicoria amarga ; FR : chicorée sauvage ; IT : radicchio ; PT : chicória-brava ; EN : chicory ; NL : wilde cichorei ;
Biological type: Perennial
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- Cotyledons cordate.
- Leaves entire, ovate or triangular, irregularly dentate.
- Height: 30-120 cm.
- Stem with stiff and divergent branches.
- The lower leaves in rosette ; cauline leaves runcinate. The upper lanceolate, slender, amplexicaul. Leaves very different in shape.
- Flowers blue, ligulate, in terminal or axillary heads (1-3).
- Fruits : achenes crowned with very small pappus-like scales. Seeds ( 2-3 mm), obovate, from yellow to light-brown until black.
- Leaves and roots bitter, stomachic, depurative and slightly laxative. Dried roots are used as coffee (chicory). Rare in crops.
- Risk of confusion with the species of Crepis at seedling stage.
- Biological type: perennial.
Mistake with: Crepis
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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