Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Senecio elegans, 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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Sourced5 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 869 (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	Purple groundsel	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Aster family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Cape Prov.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Biological type	empty	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	purple	purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	achene	achene · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Maximum height	70 cm	70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced

Senecio elegans L., 1753 18% complete

Purple groundsel

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