Salicornia europaea L., 1753 39% complete

Common glasswort

Sp. Pl.: 3 (1753)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Salicornia europaea, 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 sources3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 3 (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 glasswort No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations N. & W. Europe No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 16 cm
  • 16.04 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 53 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 236, 247, 251, 818, 897, 898
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178
Sourced
Flower color green Sourced
Foliage color green Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 37 cm
  • 36.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 236, 247, 251, 818, 897, 898
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months aug, sep, oct
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 84 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 178, 236, 247, 290, 316, 443, 818, 879
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air
  • 7 / 9 · humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 9 / 9 · full sun Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum 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
Ph minimum pH 7
  • pH 7 · 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 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Soil salinity 7 / 9 · strongly saline (euhaline)
  • 7 / 9 · strongly saline (euhaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 23 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type —
  • oilseed, pickles, uncooked_vegetables · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 341, 414
Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record