CHICORY, COFFEE Cichorium intybus "Magdeburg" Biennial tea plant culinary medicinal sow: late spring Coffee substitute Large Roots: roasted and ground and drank as coffee substitute CHICORY, WILD Chicorium intybus Biennial culinary medicinal dye plant sow: late spring, late summer or early autumn a wildflower of much of North America Roots and young shoots used in spring like dandelion diruetic tonic laxative liver protector from caffeine leaves: yield a clear blue dye, similar to colour of its flowers