2024 Range & Pasture Western Rangeland Weed & Brush ID Guide

Biennial & Perennial Weeds

CHICORY Cichorium intybus

Life Cycle: Perennial Plant Description:

Chicory is a perennial that resembles dandelion when in the rosette stage. Rough, basal leaves 2 to 10 inches long form a rosette. 1 to 3 flowers– usually blue, but sometimes purple and occasionally white — form in axils of upper leaves. Fruits can be weakly angled or ribbed, tipped by a crown of minute scales.

Treatment: Apply 16 fluid ounces of HighNoon ®

herbicide per acre. Apply low rate to the rosette stage. Use higher rate on larger plants prior to flower.

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