| Common Name: | Chicory |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cichorium |
| Species: | intybus |
| Classification/Rank: | Very Invasive |
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| Habitat/Range: | Mesic to dry roadsides and waste places in the lowland, steppe and montane zones |
• perennial herb that grows 0.3 to 2.0 m tall • stems are branched and smooth to stiff hairy • leaves are lance shaped, and toothed; stem leaves become reduced, unstalked, and entire or toothed upwards • flowers are blue and strap shaped; occur 1 to 3 together in upper leaf axils
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