Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link, 1827 37% complete

Flat sedge

Hort. Berol. 1: 278 (1827)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Blysmus compressus, 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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Sourced9 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded10 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Panz. ex Link No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Hort. Berol. 1: 278 (1827) 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 1827 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Flat sedge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Himalaya No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 28 cm
  • 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color brown
  • brown · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit shape empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Maximum height 37 cm
  • 37 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 37 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded 37 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug
3 earlier or rejected values
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 178, 461, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 178, 461, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 178, 461, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air
  • 8 / 9 · very humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Ph maximum 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
Ph minimum pH 7
  • pH 7 · 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 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)
  • 2 / 9 · very slightly saline (peroligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 2 / 9 · very slightly saline (peroligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
  • Superseded 2 / 9 · very slightly saline (peroligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Other
Shade tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record