Cichorium endivia

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy:

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC):

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 22 records in 3 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 85 mm (20-150 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (1); biennial (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rosette (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.6-1.2 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	11	14	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.