Centaurea benedicta (L.) L., 1763 35% complete

Blessed thistle

Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1296 (1763)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Centaurea benedicta, 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 Source not recorded10 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1296 (1763) 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 1763 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Blessed thistle No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Aster family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Xinjiang No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 40 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 500, 882, 918
  • Superseded 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Biological type therophyte
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 71, 500, 918
  • Superseded therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 71, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Fruit shape achene
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Maximum height 50 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 500, 882, 918
  • Superseded 50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration annual
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 71, 460, 882, 918
  • Superseded annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 71, 460, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air
  • 4 / 9 · moderately dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 8 / 9 · light · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
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 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Superseded 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · 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 · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
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