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

Species

  • Reichardia baetica M.J.Gallego & Talavera
  • Reichardia canariensis M.J.Gallego & Talavera
  • Reichardia crystallina (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Bramwell
  • Reichardia dichotoma (DC.) Freyn
  • Reichardia famarae Bramwell & G.Kunkel ex M.J.Gallego & Talavera
  • Reichardia gaditana (Willk.) Samp.
  • Reichardia intermedia (Sch.Bip.) Samp.
  • Reichardia ligulata (Vent.) G.Kunkel & Sunding
  • Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth – common brighteyes
  • Reichardia × sventenia M.J.Gallego & Talavera
  • Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth

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