Cichorium endivia

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.^[2]

Cichorium endivia
Escarole endive
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Cichorium
Species:	C. endivia
Binomial name
Cichorium endivia L.
Synonyms[1]
Cichorium casnia Wall. Cichorium casnia C.B.Clarke Cichorium crispum Mill. nom. illeg. Cichorium esculentum Salisb.

There is considerable confusion between C. endivia and C. intybus.^[3][4]

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  A plant of the vegetable type sometimes distinguished as "frisée"
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  Cichorium endivia flower with Syrphidae
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  Seedlings