Botanical Name: Cichorium intybus L. Other Common Names: Common chicory, wild chicory, coffee chicory, coffee weed, succory, wild succory, blue saisy, blue sailors, achicoria (Spanish), sikuri (Finnish), Wegwarte (German), chicorée (French), cikoria (Swedish), cikorie (Danish). Habitat: Chicory is found growing wild in Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. It has been introduced to North America, where it has locally become naturalized. Chicory commonly occurs as a weed along roadsides and trails, in landfills and dry meadows. Description: Chicory is a perennial plant belonging to the Compositae family (Asteraceae). It can grow to about 1 meter in height. A variety of
