Chicory

Common name : Chicory
Latin name : Cichorium endivia
Family name : Asteracaea/Compositae

Leaf vegetable used as a salad plant.  It has a bitter taste.  Only feed as part of a varied diet when weed plants are unavailable.  Much confusion about the different terms for this plant, but includes radicchio and curly (frisée) lettuce.  See *Endive*.