Rossa di Verona – Cichorium intybus

Cichorium intybus includes wild chicory and cultivated forms such as radicchio and Belgian endive. The wild form has a deep taproot, a leaf rosette and blue flower heads on branching stems. Its cultivated forms differ markedly in leaf shape and head formation; the species name does not describe a single salad type. The catalogue average is 650 seeds per gram, a useful reference when comparing bulk quantities.