Chicory?

[KSQ2]

I took this pic in one of our plots. The purple spine is throwing me off a little. Our other chicory sprouts have white spines. Whatever it is, the deer like it!

 

[MarkDarvin]

If it isn't chicory, my next guess would be curly dock. But I'm betting that's chicory.

 

[MarkDarvin]

And deer by me have eaten curly dock.

 

[OkieKubota]

Not chicory.