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[[File:Wegwarte Cichorium intybus.jpg|thumb|right|''Chicory'', ''Kasni'']]
== Description Habit== {{Habit|Cactus/SucculentWhen flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem, from 30 to 100 cm (10 to 40 in) tall. The leaves are stalked, lanceolate and unlobed. The flower heads are 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.6 in) wide, and usually bright blue, rarely white or pink. Of the two rows of involucral bracts, the inner is longer and erect, the outer is shorter and spreading. It flowers from July until October.}}
== Uses Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are dark green above and light green below}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
==Common name=Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|Each fruit is shed with its pappus which, acting like a tiny parachute, helps to disperse them|The cypselas (fruits) are dark brown with tiny hairs|}}
== References List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation== {{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. <references>==How to plant/cultivate==Drought-resistant and wind-resistant this plant thrives in a poor, well-drained soil so long as there is full sun and no damp<ref name="livestockHow to plant/cultivate"/>[https://books ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.google.co.in/books?id ==B0bXX_grAwYC&pgPhoto Gallery=PA68&redir_esc=y#v<gallery class=onepage&q&f"left" caption=false "Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Cattle"]</ref><ref namewidths="140px" heights="common names140px">[httpFile:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage://wwwAgrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.flowersofindia2004.net/catalog/slides/Chicory0.html Flowers of India]jpg</refgallery> ==References== <references><ref name="useschemical composition">[https://bookswww.ncbi.googlenlm.conih.ingov/pubmed/books?id=icG8onA0ys8C&pg=PR3&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false 22536286 " Bach Flower Remedies: A Comprehensive Studychemistry"]</ref></references>
<ref name== External Links =="Leaf">[http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:207656-1 "General Description"]</ref>
==External Links==
* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b724 Felicia amelloides on missouribotanicalgarden]
* [https://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/felicia-amelloides-blue-marguerite/ Felicia amelloides on backyard gardener]
* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chicory.html Felicia amelloides-flowers of india]
[[Category:Herbs]]