Common Name:
CHICORY, BLUE-SAILORS
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
*
Coefficient of Wetness:
3
Wetness Index:
FACU
Physiognomy:
Ad P-Forb
C. Peirce
An Old World species now a familiar weed of roadsides, fields, and disturbed sites. The earliest Michigan collection dates from 1840 (presumably Macomb or Oakland Co.); it was well established across the Lower Peninsula by 1911 but apparently slow to spread in the Upper Peninsula.
The large blue heads are very colorful en masse, but the plant is generally rather coarse. Occasionally some heads are on elongate peduncles, and they may be rosy or white [f. album Neuman] rather than blue.
Locations
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Alcona County
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Allegan County
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Alpena County
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Antrim County
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Arenac County
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Barry County
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Bay County
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Benzie County
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Berrien County
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Branch County
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Calhoun County
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Charlevoix County
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Cheboygan County
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Chippewa County
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Including Drummond Island
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Clare County
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Clinton County
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Crawford County
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Delta County
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Eaton County
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Emmet County
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Genesee County
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Gladwin County
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Gogebic County
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Gratiot County
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Hillsdale County
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Houghton County
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Ingham County
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Ionia County
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Iosco County
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Iron County
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Isabella County
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Jackson County
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Kalamazoo County
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Kent County
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Keweenaw County
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Lake County
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Lapeer County
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Leelanau County
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Including Manitou Islands
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Lenawee County
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Livingston County
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Mackinac County
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Including Bois Blanc, Mackinac, Round Islands
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Macomb County
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Manistee County
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Marquette County
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Mason County
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Mecosta County
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Menominee County
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Montcalm County
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Montmorency County
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Muskegon County
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Newaygo County
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Oakland County
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Oceana County
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Ogemaw County
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Ontonagon County
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Osceola County
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Ottawa County
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Presque Isle County
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Roscommon County
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Saginaw County
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Sanilac County
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Schoolcraft County
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St. Clair County
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Tuscola County
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Van Buren County
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Washtenaw County
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Wayne County
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Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. July 31, 2021. https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=282.