Cichorium intybus L.

A Eurasian species that is a common weed in the eastern United States, uncommon in wet habitats in the southwestern U.S. It is the source of a coffee additive that, in my opinion, is rather unpleasant.

Pseudanthia at Wagon Mound Cienega, Mora County, New Mexico, 7 Aug 2011.

Side view of an open and several unopened pseudanthia at Wagon Mound Cienega, 7 Aug 2011.

A cauline leaf at Wagon Mound Cienega, 7 Aug 2011.

Close view of a pseudanthium at Wagon Mound Cienega, 7 Aug 2011.