9553.000 Cichorium L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stems solitary, leafy, with divaricate branching. Capitula solitary and terminal or in small clusters arranged along the branches. Phyllaries in 2 series. Receptacular scales usually 0. Ligules blue (rarely pink or white). Achenes obconic, obscurely 5-angled, smooth, glabrous. Pappus of 1-2 series of short blunt scales.

Worldwide: 7 species in Europe, the Mediterranean and Ethiopia

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Cichorium intybus

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intybus L.C,EDescription, Image

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Flora of Zambia: Cichorium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cichorium

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cichorium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cichorium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cichorium
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iNaturalist: Cichorium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cichorium
JSTOR Plant Science: Cichorium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cichorium
Plants of the World Online: Cichorium
Tropicos: Cichorium
Wikipedia: Cichorium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Cichorium.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1571, retrieved 28 March 2024

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