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 
eflowering and curving over the achenes, 
which are ovoid, finely ribbed, and with- 
out pappus. (Fig. 361.) 
Means of control 
Fie. 361.— Lamb Suc- 
r as cory (Arnoseris minima). 
‘ting while in early bloom. x4 
Prevent seed production by close cut- 
CHICORY 
Cichérium Intybus, L. 
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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 
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