Cichorium pumilum
| Cichorium pumilum | |
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| 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. | |
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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.[2]
See also Chicory.
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