Field notes from the author of 60 Hikes Madison and Hiking Wisconsin
bladder campion blue blue flower blue iris blue wildflowers colombine flower fall fuschia hiking invasive lilies of wisconsin may apple mayapple berries mayapple leaf native nonnative northern iris orange wildflowers perennial pink prairie pointers prairie smoke photo purple purple avens photo purple flowers purple shooting star purple wildflowers red red trillium red wildflower river spring strawberry flowers summer violet violets white white shooting star flowers white wildflowers wild strawberries wild violets wisconsin state flower wisconsin trillium yellow yellow wildflower
Appears: summer
Not native to Wisconsin
Does well in dry rugged areas and appears abundantly along roadsides and highway medians
Chicory can be cultivated for its root which, when dried and pulverized, can be added to coffee or even used to brew a sort of “poor man’s coffee.” Chicory coffee is popular in the southern state of the USA, and is especially favored in New Orleans.
