''Cichorium spinosum'', the spiny chicory, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
, native to the
Mediterranean region.
A biennial or perennial reaching , is both collected in the wild and cultivated as a leafy green vegetable.
References
Cichorieae
Flora of Spain
Flora of Italy
Flora of Sicily
Flora of Libya
Flora of Greece
Flora of Crete
Flora of the East Aegean Islands
Flora of Turkey
Flora of Cyprus
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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