COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) 



525 



Not a common plant as yet in this 

 country, and but a few years ago listed 

 as only to be found at one point on the 

 coast, a "fugitive" from Europe. It is 

 small, with a fleshy taproot from which 

 spring several naked stems, three inches 

 to a foot high, sometimes simple but 

 usually branching near the top, full of 

 milky and bitter juices, thickened and 

 hollow just below the heads. Leaves all 

 basal, in a flattened rosette, two to four 

 inches long, spatulate, hairy, coarsely and 

 sharply toothed, tapering to margined 

 petioles. Heads yellow, about a half-inch 

 broad, the bracts of the involucre in one 

 series, equal, thickened, narrow, pointed, 

 and strongly keeled, lengthening after 

 flowering and curving over the achenes, 

 which are ovoid, finely ribbed, and with- 

 out pappus. (Fig. 361.) 



Means of control 



Prevent seed production by close cut- 

 ting while in early bloom. x 



CHICORY 



Cichdrium Intybus, L. 



Other English names: Succory, Blue Sailors, Bunk. 



Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. 



Time of bloom : July to October. 



Seed-time: August to November. 



Range: Nova Scotia to Manitoba, southward to North Carolina, 



Missouri, and Nebraska. 

 Habitat: Fields, meadows, pastures, roadsides, city vacant lots. 



In this country Chicory is "just a weed," and a very persistent 

 one, but in Europe it is cultivated for profit. The root-leaves are 

 used as forage for cattle and sheep, and are blanched and used as a 



