Chicory

Chicory
Belgian endive (Witloof)
Scientific Classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(Unranked):	Angiosperms
(Unranked):	Eudicots
(Unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Genus:	Cichorium
Species:	Cichorium intybus
Synonyms
Radicchio Sugarloaf Witloof Witlof Endive Chicon Cichorium balearicum Porta Cichorium byzantinum Clementi Cichorium caeruleum Gilib. Cichorium cicorea Dumort. Cichorium commune Pall. Cichorium cosnia Buch.-Ham. Cichorium divaricatum Heldr. ex Nyman Cichorium glabratum C.Presl Cichorium glaucum Hoffmanns. & Link Cichorium hirsutum Gren. Cichorium illyricum borb. Cichorium officinale Gueldenst. ex Ledeb. Cichorium perenne Stokes Cichorium rigidum Salisb. Cichorium sylvestre Garsault Cichorium sylvestre (Tourn.) Lam.

Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the dandelion family, 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 additive. It is also grown as a forage crop for livestock. It lives as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and now common in North America, China, and Australia, where it has become widely naturalized.

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Planting Time (Belgian Endive)

Planting Time (Radicchio and Sugarloaf)

Lifting Time (Belgian Endive)

Lifting Time (Radicchio and Sugarloaf)