Vegetable
cultivated endive
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
Truncated obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Yellow to black with mixtures in between
Few longitudinal ribs; minute lateral ridges cover surface.
Short, oblong, scaly pappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. broad, sometimes bowed, with one side more curved than the other, and having a wide basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
end. Color yellow with various amounts of black flecking, sometimes so extensive that the entire acheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. is black. PappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. of many scales on the apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
collar.
Not listed
Included
Asteraceae
Cichorium endivia L.
