Cerastium holosteoides Fr., 1817 25% complete

No common name

Novit. Fl. Svec. 4: 52 (1817)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Cerastium holosteoides, 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.

Something wrong? Suggest a correction.

Sourced8 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded7 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Fr. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Novit. Fl. Svec. 4: 52 (1817) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1817 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Observations Temp. & Subarctic Eurasia to New Guinea (Mt. Kaindi) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 23 cm
  • 22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 45, 71, 86, 116, 164, 251, 500, 818, 898
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit shape capsule 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 38 cm
  • 37.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 45, 71, 86, 116, 164, 251, 500, 818, 898
Differs from sources
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration biennial, perennial
  • biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 86, 164, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light empty
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 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
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 16 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record