Scilla bifolia L., 1753 35% complete

Alpine squill

Sp. Pl.: 309 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Scilla bifolia, 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 sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 309 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Alpine squill No source recorded
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Observations N. & W. Europe to W Balkan Pen. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 15 cm Sourced
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color blue Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 20 cm Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months mar, apr, may Differs from sources
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 6 / 9 · moderately humid air
  • 6 / 9 · moderately humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous)
  • 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 242
Sourced
Light 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
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 · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record