Cichorium pumilum

Cichorium pumilum
Wild endive (Cichorium pumilum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Genus:	Cichorium
Species:	C. pumilum
Binomial name
Cichorium pumilum Jacq.
Synonyms
Synonymy Cichorium ambiguum Schult. Cichorium dichotomum Link Cichorium divaricatum Schousb. Cichorium glandulosum Boiss. & A.Huet Cichorium minimum Port. Cichorium nanum Port. ex Nyman Cichorium noeanum Boiss. Cichorium polystachyum Pomel

Cichorium pumilum (Wild Endive) is a Mediterranean species of plant in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family . Like the two other species of Cichorium, its leaves are edible by humans. The plant produces bluish-violet flower heads and fleshy taproots.

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