The family of plants commonly known as the daisy or chicory family, including plants like dandelions, lettuce, sunflowers, and chicory.
New Latin family name derived from Latin cichorium (chicory) plus the family suffix -aceae. Scientific botanical naming from the 18th-19th centuries.
The Cichoriaceae family is absolutely massive—it includes over 1,600 species and some of the world's most important food and medicinal plants, all linked by a shared flower structure!
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