"Chicory" and "chicory" are the same, a highly nutritious vegetable.

1. Chicory (scientific name: Cichorium intybus) is a bushy perennial herb with small blue or lavender-colored flowers. Native to Europe, but now grows naturally in North America and other places and become a roadside species. The roasted and ground root is widely used as a coffee substitute originating in the Mediterranean, but is now also popular worldwide, especially in the New Orleans area of the southern United States, India and Southeast Asia. At the same time, it is also the main ingredient in making red-eye gravy.

2, chicory, a perennial herb in the family of Asteraceae. The roots are fleshy and short and thick. Stem erect, angular, hollow, much branching. Leaves alternate, long oblanceolate, head-like inflorescence, corolla ligulate, flower color green-blue. The plant is hardy, drought-resistant, preferring to be born in sunny fields and slopes. It is distributed both at home and abroad. Chicory is a dual-use plant for medicine and food, chicory leaves can be prepared lettuce, in China, Sichuan (Chengdu) and Guangdong, etc. have introduced cultivation. Its roots contain inulin and aromatic substances, which can be used to make coffee substitute and promote the activity of human digestive organs. The above-ground part of the plant and the root can be used for medicinal purposes, and the names of the Chinese medicine are chicory and chicory root, which have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, diuretic and swelling, and strengthening the stomach. In addition, chicory can also become roughage or pasture.

3. It is born in coastal wasteland, riverside, ditch side or mountain slope.