Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Galium palustre, 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 Source not recorded8 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 105 (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	Common marsh bedstraw	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Azores, NW. Africa, Europe to Siberia, Greenland to Maryland	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	45 cm	45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 50, 86, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 897	Sourced
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	empty	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	black, brown, purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	mericarp	mericarp · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Maximum height	75 cm	75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 50, 86, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 897	Sourced
Sexuality	hermaphrodite	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 365	Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months	feb, may	feb, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203	Sourced
Duration	annual, perennial	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 164, 178, 203, 460, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
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	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Sourced
Other
Propagation method	—	seed, vegetative · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203	Not on the record

Galium palustre L., 1753 31% complete

Common marsh bedstraw

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