Plant Identification Learning Module:
Vegetables

Endive (Cichorium endivia)

Endive, sometimes called chicory, has upright to spreading growth similar to leaf lettuce but does not form a head. Leaves are narrow, deeply cut and fringed, with white to pale green midribs. The broadleaf type is called escarole. Seeds are elongated, straight, and slender.


Endive
Close up of endive foliage
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