Flower, Vegetable
chicory, French endive, succory
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.
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
and truncated
Yellow with various amounts of black
Minute lateral ridges; strong longitudinal ribs.
PappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
is short and scaly.
AchenesAchene:
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. with minute lateral ridges and various numbers of longitudinal ribs. Color often becomes reddish-brown with age. 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. can easily be rubbed off.
Not listed
Not included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Asteraceae
Cichorium intybus L.
Cichorium intybus L. var. foliosum Hegi
Cichorium intybus L. var. sativum (Bisch.) Janch.
