Cultivated Endive

Nile region, oases and Mediterranean region.

Canary Islands, Europe, Mediterranean region, southwest Asia, introduced elsewhere.

Weed of cultivation, moist ground.

Foodplant / shot hole causer
acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph of Microdochium panattonianum causes shot holes on live leaf of Cichorium endivia

Foodplant / spot causer
amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph of Mycosphaerella hieracii causes spots on live leaf of Cichorium endivia

Foodplant / parasite
aecium of Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii parasitises Cichorium endivia
Other: minor host/prey

Cichorium endivia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Cichorium, which is widely cultivated as one of the species of similar bitter-leafed vegetables known as endive and escarole.

There is considerable confusion between C. endivia and C. intybus.

A plant of the vegetable type sometimes distinguished as "frisée"

Cichorium endivia flower with Syrphidae

Seedlings