Wild chicory on the Trans Pennine Trail
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Wild chicory on the Trans Pennine Trail
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 22 Jul 2013
The former Godley to Apethorn Railway line has been reclaimed for the Trans Pennine Trail and National Cycle Route #62. At several points there are separate paths of cyclists/walkers and horseriders. Wild chicory Image grows on the grass between. Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers. When flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem, from 30 to 100 centimetres (10 to 40 in) tall. The leaves are stalked, lanceolate and unlobed. The flower heads are 2 to 4 centimetres (0.79 to 1.6 in) wide, and usually bright blue, rarely white or pink. There are two rows of involucral bracts; the inner are longer and erect, the outer are shorter and spreading. It flowers from July until October.The achenes have no pappus (feathery hairs), but do have toothed scales on top. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory
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Image Location
Latitude
53.447967
Longitude
-2.064103