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§1 Plant

Cichorium intybus L.

vernacular chicory — species · Asteraceae

USDA
CIIN
GBIF
5392252
Rank
species
chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Platephotograph · akolterCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Biennial, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Cichorium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 1,128 counties across 46 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 1128 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-43 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
20–60 in/yr
pH range
6–7.5
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Blue
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
426,400
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
Yes
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,128 counties across 46 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 I ▾
California view state ↗ 27 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 94 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 46 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 38 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 51 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 61 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 93 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 29 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 36 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 46 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 64 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 26 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 64 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 26 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 94 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 24 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 37 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 45 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 8 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CIIN ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5392252 ↗

Record version

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