Cichorium
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
© JC Schou (licence)
Chicory
Annual or perennial herbs. Stems solitary, leafy, with divaricate branching. Capitula solitary and terminal or in small clusters arranged along the branches. Phyllaries in 2 series. Receptacular scales usually 0. Ligules blue (rarely pink or white). Achenes obconic, obscurely 5-angled, smooth, glabrous. Pappus of 1-2 series of short blunt scales. © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
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- Parent Taxon
- Compositae
- Species
- Taxonomic Completion
10.00%
1 of 10 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- cb259343-a07e-4786-a8d1-3c394fd381c9
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility