Cichorium endivia

Cichorium endivia
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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