Cichorium intybus L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Chicory
• 🇫🇷 Chicorée sauvage, Chicorée amère, Barbe-de-capucin

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Clade: Asterids
• Clade: Campanulids
• Order: Asterales
• Family: Asteraceae
• Subfamily: Cichorioideae
• Tribe: Cichorieae
• Subtribe: Cichoriinae
• Genus: Cichorium
• Species: Cichorium intybus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. endivia L., 1753, whose flowers have bracts covered with non-glandular hairs.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• C. intybus var. foliosum Hegi, 1928, P;
• C. intybus var. intybus L., 1753, P;
• C. intybus var. sativum Lam., 1785, M.

Photographs

Sources

• Collett, L., Korpelainen, H., Draper Munt, D., Magos Brehm, J., Labokas, J., Tavares, M., Eliáš, P., Strajeru, S., Smekalova, T., & Bulińska, Z. (2011). Cichorium intybus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/168690/6527012

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 429). Biotope.