Polycnemum majus A.Braun ex Bogenh., 1841 39% complete

Giant needleleaf

Flora 24: 151 (1841)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Polycnemum majus, 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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Sourced11 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author A.Braun ex Bogenh. No source recorded
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Bibliography Flora 24: 151 (1841) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1841 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Giant needleleaf No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to NW. Türkiye and C. Asia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 15 cm Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Differs from sources
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 20 cm Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug, sep
  • jun|jul|aug|sep · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Differs from sources
Duration annual Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 3 / 9 · rather dry air
  • 3 / 9 · rather dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 8
  • pH 8 · 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 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · 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)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
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 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 61 cm Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record