Cichorium intybus
Common name
chicory
Family
Asteraceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CICINT
Flower colours
Blue, Violet/Purple
Year naturalised
1867
Origin
Europe, W. Asia, N. Africa
Etymology
cichorium: From an old Arabic name for chicory, the Greek variant is kichore
intybus: From the old Latin name for endive, also chicory