Carex flacca Schreb., 1771 35% complete

Blue-green sedge

Spic. Fl. Lips., App.: 178 (1771)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Carex flacca, 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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Sourced11 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Schreb. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Spic. Fl. Lips., App.: 178 (1771) 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 1771 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Blue-green sedge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe, Medit to Pakistan No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 25 cm
  • 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 90 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 88, 115, 158, 164, 174, 178, 200, 320, 807, 818, 832, 842, 897, 898, 918, 926
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 90 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 88, 115, 158, 164, 174, 178, 200, 320, 807, 818, 832, 842, 897, 898, 918, 926
  • Superseded 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 90 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 88, 115, 158, 164, 174, 178, 200, 320, 807, 818, 832, 842, 897, 898, 918, 926
Sourced
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 158, 164, 174, 175, 178, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 158, 164, 174, 175, 178, 918
  • Superseded geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 158, 164, 174, 175, 178, 918
Sourced
Flower color black
  • black · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage texture medium
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Fruit color empty
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded brown, red, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
  • Superseded brown, red, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
Not on the record
Fruit shape nut
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height empty No source recorded
3 earlier or rejected values
  • Rejected 22 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 88, 115, 158, 164, 174, 178, 200, 320, 807, 818, 832, 842, 897, 898, 918, 926 below the average height (25 cm) of the same record
  • Superseded 22 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 88, 115, 158, 164, 174, 178, 200, 320, 807, 818, 832, 842, 897, 898, 918, 926
  • Superseded 22 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 88, 115, 158, 164, 174, 178, 200, 320, 807, 818, 832, 842, 897, 898, 918, 926
Not on the record
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun
3 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded jan, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174
  • Superseded jan, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174
  • Superseded jan, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 175, 178, 460, 818, 882, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 175, 178, 460, 818, 882, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 175, 178, 460, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
  • Superseded 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light empty
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 37, 57, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 37, 57, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 37, 57, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445
Sourced
Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity empty
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Superseded 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 11 cm
  • 11 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 339, 474, 818, 832, 898
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 11 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 339, 474, 818, 832, 898
  • Superseded 11 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 339, 474, 818, 832, 898
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Other
Propagation method —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
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