Cichorium intybus
Common Chicory aka Succory,
Blue Sailors, Coffee Weed, Bunk
 
Northern Africa, Europe and Western Asia

Erect, tap rooted perennial weed of fields, untilled ground and waste land
 
Bright azure blue ray flowers in sessile heads borne 1-3 together on wand-like, sparsely leaved branches. The flower heads close about noon.
 
 
 
 
 

Closely related to endive (Cichorium endivia).

 

 
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