🐾 chicory

Cichorium intybus · wildlife atlas entry

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Common chicory ( Cichorium intybus ) is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the dandelion family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or roots (var. sativum ), which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and food additive. In the 21st century, inulin, an extract from chicory root, has been used in food manufacturing as a sweetener and source of dietary fiber. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Record card

Scientific name	Cichorium intybus
Rank	species
Community observations	191,959 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Plantae › phylum Tracheophyta › class Magnoliopsida › order Asterales › family Asteraceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

chicory photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-02 · North Yorkshire, England, GB
(c) harriet2601, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

chicory photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Sárospatak, HU-BZ, HU
(c) alfoldiolga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

chicory photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · 01190 Saint-Bénigne, France
(c) Gilles Touratier, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

chicory photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Центральный р-н, Воронеж, Воронежская обл., Россия
(c) ver_un_erizo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

chicory photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Центральный р-н, Воронеж, Воронежская обл., Россия
(c) ver_un_erizo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

chicory photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Советский р-н, Воронеж, Воронежская обл., Россия
(c) ver_un_erizo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

chicory photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-18 · Рамонский р-н, Воронежская обл., Россия
(c) ver_un_erizo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

chicory photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-16 · Семилукский р-н, Воронежская обл., Россия
(c) ver_un_erizo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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