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|english =  '''endive'''
|english =  '''endive'''
|french =  '''chicorée scarole et chicorée frisée'''
|french =  '''chicorée scarole et chicorée frisée'''
}}*Up to the XIXe century, the species was named '''endive''' in French, but this name now designates [[Cichorium intybus#Witloof Group|''Cichorium intybus'' Witloof Group]].
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|text=*very popular salads : curled and broad-leaved endive
|text=*very popular salads : curled and broad-leaved endive
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*Up to the XIXe century, the species was named '''endive''' in French, but this name now designates in France [[Cichorium intybus#Witloof Group|''Cichorium intybus'' Witloof Group]], whereas the Wallon Belgians continue to name '''endive''' this species and '''chicon''' the Witloof Group.
== Description ==
== Description ==
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Linedrawing Cichorium endivia.gif|1, plant habit; 2, leaf of endive; 3, leaf of escarole. Source: PROSEA
Cichorium endivia 4482.jpg|top view of plant habit
Cichorium endivia 6710.jpg|flowering plant
Cichorium endivia 5465.jpg|flowering top of plant
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*annual herbaceous plant, much branched, up to 1,7 m high
*annual herbaceous plant, much branched, up to 1,7 m high
*taproot
*taproot
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== Popular names ==
== Popular names ==
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*See French local names in [[:fr:Cichorium (Rolland, Flore populaire)#Cichorium endivia|Flore populaire of Eugène Rolland]]
*See French local names in [[:fr:Cichorium (Rolland, Flore populaire)#Cichorium endivia|Flore populaire of Eugène Rolland]]
*See [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/pland/hitlist.php?beperking=bot&op=cn&plantnaam=cichorium+endivia&act=zoek Dutch local names] in Plantennamen in de Nederlandse Dialecten (PLAND)
*See [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/pland/hitlist.php?beperking=bot&op=cn&plantnaam=cichorium+endivia&act=zoek Dutch local names] in Plantennamen in de Nederlandse Dialecten (PLAND)
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== Classification ==
== Classification ==

Latest revision as of 17:12, 9 May 2018

Cichorium endivia L.

flowering scarole
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae
Genus Cichorium

2n = 18, 36

Origin : Europe

cultivated

English endive
French chicorée scarole et chicorée frisée


Usages summary
  • very popular salads : curled and broad-leaved endive


  • Up to the XIXe century, the species was named endive in French, but this name now designates in France Cichorium intybus Witloof Group, whereas the Wallon Belgians continue to name endive this species and chicon the Witloof Group.

Description

  • annual herbaceous plant, much branched, up to 1,7 m high
  • taproot
  • leaves oboval, entire or lobed, glabrous or slightly puberulent
  • heads solitary or by 4-6, sessile or pedonculate
  • pedoncle thickened at apex
  • involucre with lanceolate, reflected bracts
  • flowers all ligulate, blue
  • fruit: achene, obovoid to cylindrical, slightly ribbed

Popular names

Classification

Cichorium endivia L. (1753)

Cultivars

No complete system of botanical classification has ever been published, and many cultivar groups have remained unknown to botanists. We follow here a pragmatic classification on a use base.

Chicorée blanche Group

synonym :

  • var. endivia
  • var. angustifolium Lam. (1785)
  • French: chicorée blanche
  • German: Schnittendivie

This primitive form has quite disappeared.

Scarole Group

synonym : var. latifolium Lam. (1785)

  • English: endive, broad-leaved endive
  • French: scarole, chicorée scarole
  • See the names in all the European languages

Curled Endive Group

synonyme : var. crispum Lam. (1785)

  • English: curled endive
  • French: chicorée frisée
  • See the names in all the European languages

History

Cichorium endivia is not found in a wild stage. De Candolle (1882) thought that its wild progenitor was Cichorium pumilum Jacq. More recent authors consider it more likely as a hybrid between Cichorium intybus and Cichorium pumilum, agreement being reached on the botanical affinity of both species of cultivated chicories.

Uses

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