Bitter vegetables refer to different plants in different regions. Generally refers to plants of Compositae and Gesneriaceae. There are 9 species in this genus, namely:

1, chicory

purslane

Lynn.

2. chicory

Alvensi

Lynn.

3. Sonchus: Sonchus.

Aspir

(Linn。 )

Hill.

4. Short-split chicory: Chicory.

uliginosus

Meter (short for meter))

B.

5. Chicory: Chicory.

Short-tailed jellyfish

DC。

6. Chicory: Chicory

Lingianus

execute

7. Whole leaf chicory; endive

Transverse process bone

Nevsky

8. Sichuan Dipsacus; Chicory

Aspir

Hill.

9. Swamp chicory; endive

marsh

Lynn.

The fifth kind of "long-split chicory" is released in Shanxi: (Sonchus

Short-tailed jellyfish

DC。 ) "is widely eaten as a wild vegetable, and it is called bitter vegetable or sweet lettuce. In addition, L. lactuca L., a compositae plant, was planted in the north of Shanxi.

tartar

(Linn。 )

DC。 ) is also eaten as a bitter vegetable, called chicory.