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Each value Trefle shows for Silene noctiflora, 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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Sourced16 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 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.: 419 (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	Night-flowering catchfly	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Siberia and Iran	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	25 cm	25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 164, 174, 178, 203, 251, 500, 918	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	purple	magenta · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Differs from sources
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71	Sourced
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
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	43 cm	42.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 164, 174, 178, 203, 251, 500, 918	Differs from sources
Sexuality	hermaphrodite	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 365	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jul, aug, sep	jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203	Differs from sources
Duration	annual, biennial	annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 30 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 164, 178, 203, 365, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	4 / 9 · moderately 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 178, 203	Sourced
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
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	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	32 cm	32 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203	Not on the record

Silene noctiflora L., 1753 47% complete

Night-flowering catchfly

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