Carex pilulifera L., 1753 27% complete

Pill sedge

Sp. Pl.: 976 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Carex pilulifera, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced9 Source not recorded9 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 976 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Pill sedge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Macaronesia to Europe No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 25 cm
  • 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 48, 88, 116, 164, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 48, 88, 116, 164, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 48, 88, 116, 164, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit shape nut
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Maximum height 30 cm
  • 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 48, 88, 116, 164, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 48, 88, 116, 164, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 48, 88, 116, 164, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months jan, may, jul
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded jan, may, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174
  • Superseded jan, may, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 48, 71, 110, 164, 178, 882, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 48, 71, 110, 164, 178, 882, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 48, 71, 110, 164, 178, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
  • Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 445
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 445
Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Other
Propagation method —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Shade tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record