Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Cichorium intybus
Common name
Chicory
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Woodland, grassy areas, disturbed sites and roadsides. Widespread. Common in the ACT and the Sydney area.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb to 1.5 m tall, hairless to hairy with short curly hairs. Stems grooved. Basal rosette leaves 7-30 cm long, 10-120 mm wide, margins toothed, or dissected and with toothed lobes, bases sheathing the stems, tips pointed. Stem leaves similar, alternating up the stems, gradually becoming smaller, to bract-like leaves. Flower heads blue, rarely white, with many ‘petals’ each 15-25 mm long, cylindrical below the 'petals'. Flower heads single or clusters of 2-3. Flowers withered by midday at least in the ACT. Flowers Spring to Summer.
PlantNETdescription: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cichorium~intybus (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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