Asteraceae
Cultivated endive
Cichorium endivia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cichorium
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Common names
By language (50)
- Arabic
- هندباء أنديفية, كاسنية, هندباء
- arz
- هندباء انديفيه
- Asturian
- Endivia
- Basque
- Eskarola, Osterzuri
- Belarusian
- Цыкорыя эндывія
- Cantonese
- 苦苣
- Catalan
- Endívia, Escarola
- Chinese
- 苦苣, 栽培菊苣
- Croatian
- Endivija
- Czech
- Čekanka listová, Čekanka štěrbák
- Danish
- Bredbladet endivie
- Dutch
- Andijvie, Kropandijvie, Andijvie breedblad, Frisée sla
- English
- Cultivated endive, Endive, Broad-leaved endive, Batavian endive, Escarole, Flat endive
- Esperanto
- Endivio, Brusela cikorio
- Estonian
- Sile endiiviasigur, Endiivia, Eskariool, Lehtsigur
- Finnish
- Endiivi, Siloendiivi, Lehtisikuri
- French
- Chicorée endive, Chicorée frisée, Chicorée scarole, Chicon, Chicorée de Bruxelles, Endive belge, Chicoree frisee, Chicoree scarole
- German
- Endivie, Glatte Endivie, Breitblättrige Endivie, Endiven gekraust, Endivie-Eskariol, Eskariol, Eskariol Endivie, Ganzblättrige Endivie
- Greek
- Αντίδι
- Hebrew
- עולש מצוי, אנדיב, צ'יקורי, צ'יקוריה
- Hungarian
- Endívia
- Indonesian
- Endive
- io
- Endivio
- Irish
- Searbhán muc
- Italian
- Indivia scarola
- Japanese
- エンダイブ
- Korean
- 엔디브
- Kurdish
- Xêzimok
- lij
- Rissetto
- Luxembourgish
- Andéif, Andéiwenzalot
- nds
- Andievie
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Endivie, Eskaroll, Krusendivie
- nv
- Tʼąąʼdoolghasí
- pcd
- Indife, Pindchucq
- Persian
- اندیو
- Polish
- Cykoria endywia
- Portuguese
- Endívia
- Romanian
- Andivă
- Russian
- Эндивий, Цикорий салатный
- scn
- Nirvia
- Serbian
- Ендивија
- Slovak
- Čakanka štrbáková
- Slovenian
- Endivija
- Spanish
- Escarola lisa
- Swedish
- Sydcikoria, Endiv, Endivesallat, Endivia
- Tamil
- அகலிலை காரக்கீரை
- Turkish
- Hindiba
- Ukrainian
- Цикорій салатний
- Vietnamese
- Rau cúc đắng
- Welsh
- Endif, Ysgellog y meirch
Synonyms
- Cichorium casnia Wall.
- Cichorium crispum Mill.
- Cichorium endivia f. endivia
- Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia
- Cichorium endivia subsp. sativum Cout.
- Cichorium endivia var. angustifolium DC.
- Cichorium endivia var. crispum (Mill.) Lam.
- Cichorium endivia var. endivia
- Cichorium endivia var. latifolium Lam.
- Cichorium endivia var. roborovskyi Tzvelev
- Cichorium endivia var. sativa DC.
- Cichorium esculentum Salisb.
- Cichorium intybus var. endivia (L.) C.B.Clarke
- Cichorium pumilum f. rhizocephalum Pamp.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 147 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photograph: Frank C. Müller , Baden-Baden, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Killam, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.