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Cichorium pumilum
Cichorium pumilum is a small annual wild relative of chicory and endive, native to the Mediterranean region through to Xinjiang and the Arabian Peninsula. It is grown mainly for its edible leaves and is not a common garden or houseplant.
Cichorium pumilum is a Mediterranean species of plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. Like the other species of Cichorium, its leaves are edible by humans. The plant produces bluish-violet flower heads and fleshy taproots.
Cultivated endive · Belgian endive · Chicory · Spiny Chicory · Chicory
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cichorium pumilum 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.
