Centaurium erythraea Rafn, 1800 39% complete

European centaury

Danm. Holst. Fl. 2: 75 (1800)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Centaurium erythraea, 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 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Rafn No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Danm. Holst. Fl. 2: 75 (1800) 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 1800 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name European centaury No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Azores, Morocco, Europe to SW. Siberia and Iran, Yemen No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 19 cm
  • 18.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 36 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 251, 421, 449, 468, 500, 526, 598, 882, 918, 926
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 18.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 36 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 251, 421, 449, 468, 500, 526, 598, 882, 918, 926
  • Superseded 18.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 36 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 251, 421, 449, 468, 500, 526, 598, 882, 918, 926
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 882, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 882, 918
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple
2 earlier or rejected values
Differs from sources
Foliage texture empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit shape capsule
2 earlier or rejected values
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 40 cm
  • 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 251, 421, 449, 468, 500, 526, 598, 882, 918, 926
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 251, 421, 449, 468, 500, 526, 598, 882, 918, 926
  • Superseded 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 251, 421, 449, 468, 500, 526, 598, 882, 918, 926
Sourced
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug, sep
3 earlier or rejected values
Differs from sources
Duration annual, biennial
  • annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 178, 882, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 178, 882, 918
  • Superseded annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 178, 882, 918
Sourced
Fruit months empty
  • jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
  • Superseded jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air
  • 7 / 9 · humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · 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
  • 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
Ph minimum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · 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
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
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