Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Centaurea melitensis, 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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Sourced7 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record4 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.: 917 (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	Maltese centaury	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Aster family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Medit.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	36 cm	35.65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 175, 251, 474, 581, 598, 654, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 98, 175	Sourced
Flower color	empty	green, orange, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 98	Not on the record
Fruit color	grey	grey · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	achene	achene · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	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
Maximum height	65 cm	65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 175, 251, 474, 581, 598, 654, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual, biennial, perennial	annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 98, 175, 598, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	19 cm	19 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 474	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	21.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record

Centaurea melitensis L., 1753 27% complete

Maltese centaury

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