Monday 7 December 2015

CHICORY FLOWERS

Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the dandelion family usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or for roots (var. sativum), which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. It is also grown as a forage crop for livestock. It lives as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and now common in North America, China, and Australia where it has become widely naturalised. "Chicory" is also the common name in the United States for curly endive (Cichorium endivia); these two closely related species are often confused.

This post is part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme.

12 comments:

  1. Wow i love blue flowers, because we have only a few of them here.

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  2. Hi Nick,

    I think this is the first time I've seen the blue bloom. So pretty. Thanks for playing today.

    Have a Beautiful Blue Monday!

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  3. Wonderful, beautiful blue!

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  4. They are pretty, lovely image. Happy Monday, enjoy your week ahead!

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  5. Lovely blue flowers. If you like you can link it up on this weeks "Through my Lens" Link is below.

    Mersad
    Mersad Donko Photography

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  6. Happy and delicate would love to have these blue flowers in my garden!
    Wren x

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  7. I love seeing chickory growing on the roadsides! What a gorgeous photo!

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  8. It is certainly a lovely little flower.

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  9. Chicory flowers are my favorite shade of blue!!

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  10. Beautiful blue flowers, so vibrant.

    Diana

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