Reichardia Explained

Reichardia is a genus of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae native to the Mediterranean and western Asia.^[1] In Crete, Greece the leaves and tender shoots of a variety of Reichardia picroides called Greek, Modern (1453-);: galatsida (Greek, Modern (1453-);: γαλατσίδα) are eaten raw, boiled, cooked in steam or browned with olive oil by the locals.^[2] Brighteyes is a common name for plants in this genus.

Species^{[3] [4]}

External links

• • Web site: Reichardia . Herbari virtual . Catalan . . 2010-04-28 . 2010-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100401211000/http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/cat-med/genere/2097.html . dead .

Notes and References

1. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Reichardia Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Reichardia
2. Book: Kleonikos G. Stavridakis, Κλεόνικος Γ. Σταυριδάκης . Wild edible plants of Crete - Η Άγρια βρώσιμη χλωρίδα της Κρήτης . Rethymnon Crete . 2006 . 960-631-179-1.
3. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Reichardia The Plant List
4. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist