Chickory

I was happy to find it again last year, and added it to my garden plot. I was trying to preserve this wild medicinal before it was wiped out by "progress." 

These are things I've learned:

the roots, leaves, and flowers are all edible. You can get your B6 & prebiotic inulin & help your brain & gut by boiling the roots or adding the buds and (endive) leaves to a salad. It also helps with liver, galbladder, rapid heartbeat, & cancer. You can make a paste with its leaves & apply to your skin to reduce inflammation/swelling. I will have to try it on mosquito bites!