Cichorium pumilum

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

Cichorium pumilum (Wild Endive) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae family. Like the two other species of Cichorium, its leaves are edible, it produces bluish-violet flowers, and its roots are carrotlike, much like Apiaceae roots.