Aldrovanda vesiculosa L., 1753 37% complete

Waterwheel plant

Sp. Pl.: 281 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Aldrovanda vesiculosa, 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 sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 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.: 281 (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 Waterwheel plant No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Old World to Australia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 20 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
Differs from sources
Biological type hydrophyte
  • hydrophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded hydrophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 500, 918
  • Superseded hydrophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit shape capsule
2 earlier or rejected values
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
Sexuality hermaphrodite
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months aug
  • aug · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Duration perennial
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 882, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 9 / 9 · saturated air
  • 9 / 9 · saturated air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 12 / 12 · deep or submerged aquatic, 1 to 3 m · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
3 earlier or rejected values
  • Rejected 12 / 12 · deep or submerged aquatic, 1 to 3 m · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Rejected 12 / 12 · deep or submerged aquatic, 1 to 3 m · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Rejected 12 / 12 · deep or submerged aquatic, 1 to 3 m · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 5.5
  • pH 5.5 · 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 5
  • pH 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 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Superseded 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    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 · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record