10/14/2026
This blue-purple, nonnative, naturalized w**d is called Chicory, Cichorium intybus. It blooms throughout the summer and into early fall. In the morning, the flowers will open up and close up later in the day. You can commonly find it along roadsides, railroads, disturbed sites, pastures, and abandoned fields. It belongs to the aster family and has been cultivated and used medicinally for centuries for its edible leaves, buds, and roots. The roots were once brewed to make what can be considered “poor man's coffee”. It grows best in full sun in well-drained soils. Chicory is also called Blue sailors, Succory, Coffeew**d, and Italian dandelion.
