Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Atriplex portulacoides, 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 recorded8 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	Sp. Pl.: 1053 (1753)	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	Sea purslane	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Canary Is., Europe to Medit.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	27 cm	26.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 175, 251, 897	Differs from sources
Biological type	chamaephyte	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 175	Sourced
Edible part	leaves	leaves · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Flower color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	nut · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Maximum height	108 cm	107.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 175, 251, 897	Differs from sources
Sexuality	monoecious	monoecious · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 175, 460	Sourced
Other
Human usage type	—	fodder, salt_tolerant_ornamental · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 341, 414	Not on the record

Atriplex portulacoides L., 1753 22% complete

Sea purslane

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