CichoriumintybusL。 It is a perennial herb of chicory in Compositae. The roots are fleshy, short and thick. The stems are erect, angular, hollow and multi-branched. Leaves alternate, long oblanceolate, head-shaped, corolla ligulate, blue.

There are many strains of chicory, which grow in rosette shape, and the plants at flowering stage are as high as1.7-2.0m.. The stems are branched, with lobules in the middle, red or white veins, solitary flower heads and blue-purple branches. The stems and leaves are completely split or pinnately split, 30-50 cm long, with petioles at the base, tender leaves and relatively long stems.

Chicory has excellent characteristics such as strong adaptability, drought resistance, cold resistance and pest resistance. Sandy loam, which is not strict with soil and is fertile, loose and well drained, grows best and has high crude protein content, so it is an efficient grain-saving forage.

Extended data:

1, growth environment

Born in coastal wasteland, riverside, ditch or hillside. This species is widely distributed in Europe, Asia and North Africa. Born in coastal wasteland, riverside, ditch or hillside.

2. Distribution range

It is distributed in Beijing (Baihua Mountain), Heilongjiang (Raohe), Liaoning (Dalian), Shanxi (Fenyang), Shaanxi (xi 'an, Meixian and Zhouzhi), Xinjiang (Altay, Habahe, Fuhai, Tacheng, Tori, Yumin, Bole, Shawan, Manas, Urumqi, Miquan, Yining and Chabu.

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