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|accepted_name=Cichorium intybus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 813. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Chicory;chicorée
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Cichorium;Cichorium intybus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cichorium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cichorium intybus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 222
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>(sometimes flowering first year). <b>Leaves</b>: blades of basal 5–35+ × 1–8(–12+) cm; cauline similar, smaller, narrower, distal mostly linear. <b>Peduncles</b> mostly 0–2 mm, some narrowly clavate, 12–45(–85+) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b>: 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. <b>Cypselae</b> 2–3 mm; pappi 0.01–0.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|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.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Leaves of <i>Cichorium intybus</i> are sometimes used as salad greens; the roasted roots are sometimes ground and used as an addition to (or adulterant of) coffee.</p>
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name=Cichorium intybus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|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.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_273.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Cichorium
|species=Cichorium intybus
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