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Cichorium endivia
Also called Endive, Escarole, Curly Endive
Cultivated endive is a cool-season leafy vegetable, grown as an annual in the Daisy family, grouped with escarole and curly endive. It is grown for its bitter leaves, best sown in late summer or spring and harvested before it bolts in heat.
Cichorium endivia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Cichorium. It is widely cultivated as one of the species of similar bitter-leafed vegetables known as endive and escarole.
There is considerable confusion between the species and C. intybus (common chicory).
Belgian endive · Chicory · Wild Endive · Spiny Chicory · Chicory
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cichorium endivia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
