Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Eclipta prostrata, 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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Sourced12 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record12 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Mant. Pl. 2: 286 (1771)	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	1771	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	White twinheads	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Aster family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Temp. & Subtrop. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	98 cm	97.54 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 350, 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 350, 882	Sourced
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	achene	achene · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded achene · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	empty	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Inflorescence type	empty	head · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 350 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded head · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	empty	No source recorded 1 earlier or rejected value Rejected 65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 882 below the average height (98 cm) of the same record	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual, biennial, perennial	annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 460, 882, 918	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ph maximum	pH 5.5	pH 5.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5	pH 5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	36 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 36 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	11.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 412 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 11.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Low · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded Low · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Intermediate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded Intermediate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Eclipta prostrata (L.) L., 1771 37% complete

White twinheads

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