Chicory, also known as chicory, bitter greens, cascara sagrada, wrinkled-leaf chicory and so on. It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus chicory in the family of Asteraceae. There are mainly two kinds of softened chicory and decapitated chicory, distributed in Beijing, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and other places.

Chicory look

Chicory stems grow erect, basal leaves rosulate, leaves are small, sessile, thin, with sparse long nodding hairs on both sides. The small flowers are blue and the achenes are oval.

Chicory Color:

Chicory stems are straight, green in color, ligulate florets are blue, outer achenes are brown with brownish-black spots.

Chicory Leaf Morphological Characteristics:

Chicory basal leaves rosulate, oblong-oblong, lyrate-obpinnate-pinnatipartite, 3-6 pairs of lateral lobes, the terminal lobe is larger, and all the lateral lobes are sickle-shaped.

Chicory root appearance:

The main root of chicory is conical, with lateral roots and most of the fibrous roots, with a brownish-yellow, wrinkled surface. Not easily spoiled, slightly angry and bitter.

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