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Сichorium intybus L.

Сichorium intybus L. – Синя жлъчка

Fam:   Asteraceae
Genus:   Cichorium L.
Species: Сichorium intybus L.
English Name: Chicory, Radicchio, Succory, Witloof

Description:

2965. (1). С. intybus L. (Perennials) — In the dry grassy places, along the roads, in the excavations and in the trench crops, everywhere like weeds and weed plantss. Common plant, distributed throughout Bulgaria (1). VI - X. (X, L). FIG. 1490

From:   :   "Флора на България", Н. Стоянов, Б. Стефанов, Б. Китанов, Изд. "Наука и изкуства", том II, (1966)

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Basal leaves with sparse hairs on the glands below. Enveloping leaflets with single glandular hairs. The kite is about 10 times shorter than the fruit. Perennial plant 20 - 100 cm high. In grassy places along roads, excavations and fields. Distributed throughout Bulgaria.

From:   “ОПРЕДЕЛИТЕЛ НА РАСТЕНИЯТА В БЪЛГАРИЯ”, Димитър Делипавлов, Мария Попова, Иван Ковачев, Димитър Терзийски, Иван Чешмеджиев, Димо Граматиков, Изд. ЗЕМИЗДАТ, София, 1983

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Common chicory (Cichorium intybus)[4] is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the dandelion family Asteraceae, 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 food additive. In the 21st century, inulin, an extract from chicory root, has been used in food manufacturing as a sweetener and source of dietary fiber.[5]
Chicory is grown as a forage crop for livestock.[6] It lives as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and is now common in North America, China, and Australia, where it has become widely naturalized.[7][8][9] "Chicory" is also the common name in the United States for curly endive (Cichorium endivia); these two closely related species are often confused.[10]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Flowering Time: Blooms VI - IX (X, L, P,)

Distribution in Bulgaria: In grassy places along roads, excavations and fields. Distributed throughout Bulgaria. (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.

Distribution: ?

Conservation status and threats: not protected species in Bulgaria by the Biodiversity Law. - Biological Diversity Act -    http://eea.government.bg/bg/legislation/biodiversity/zbran_22.08.15.pdf

Medical plant: no, it is not - Medicinal Plants Act - http://eea.government.bg/bg/legislation/biodiversity/ZLR_en.pdf

References: "Флора на България", Н. Стоянов, Б. Стефанов, Б. Китанов, Изд. "Наука и изкуства", том II, (1966),
“ОПРЕДЕЛИТЕЛ НА РАСТЕНИЯТА В БЪЛГАРИЯ”, Димитър Делипавлов, Мария Попова, Иван Ковачев, Димитър Терзийски, Иван Чешмеджиев, Димо Граматиков, Изд. ЗЕМИЗДАТ, София, 1983,
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