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Cichorium endivia

Cichorium endivia
Cichorium endivia field.jpg
Escarole endive
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Genus: Cichorium
Species: C. endivia
Binomial name
Cichorium endivia
L.
Synonyms
  • Cichorium casnia Wall.
  • Cichorium casnia C.B.Clarke
  • Cichorium crispum Mill. nom. illeg.
  • Cichorium esculentum Salisb.

Cichorium endivia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Cichorium, which is widely cultivated as one of the species of similar bitter-leafed vegetables known as endive and escarole.

There is considerable confusion between C. endivia and C. intybus.

A plant of the vegetable type sometimes distinguished as "frisée"

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