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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Cichorium L., Sp. Pl. 813 (1753)
Description
Annual to perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs glandular and eglandular. Stems branching. Lvs basal and cauline, simple and toothed to runcinate-pinnatifid. Capitula terminal and in axillary clusters, sessile or pedunculate. Involucral bracts with long glandular hairs or glabrous, in 2 rows; outer row shorter. Receptacle areolate, with simple to fimbriate scales. Corolla ligulate, blue, rarely white or pink. Style branches filiform, blue. Achenes numerous, pale or mottled, obovoid to obconic, ± angled, flat at apex, not beaked, compressed together in the capitulum at fruiting; pappus of 1–2 rows of free, short, dirty white, obtuse scales.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
