Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Trifolium cherleri, 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 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Demonstr. Pl.: 21 (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	Southern clover	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	8 cm	8.01 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 45, 175, 270, 474, 654, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 833	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Maximum height	25 cm	25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 45, 175, 270, 474, 654, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	may, jun	mar, apr · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 45, 833	Differs from sources
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	17.7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record

Trifolium cherleri L., 1753 22% complete

Southern clover

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