''Cichorium pumilum'' is a

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species of plant in the tribe

Cichorieae The Cichorieae (also called Lactuceae) are a tribe in the plant family Asteraceae that includes 93 genera, more than 1,600 sexually reproductive species and more than 7,000 Apomixis, apomictic species. They are found primarily in temperate region ...

within the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. Like the two other species of '' Cichorium'', its leaves are edible by humans. The plant produces bluish-violet

flower heads A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...

and fleshy taproots.Altervista Flora Italiana, Endivia selvatica, ''Cichorium pumilum'' Jacq.
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Wild Flowers of Israelphoto of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden
Cichorieae Plants described in 1771 Edible plants {{Cichorioideae-stub