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Sourced12 Source not recorded8 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Curtis	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fl. Londin. 4: t. 30 (1794)	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	1794	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	European chickweed	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to C. Asia, N. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	11 cm	11 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 115, 116, 174, 175, 178, 203, 882, 918	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 174, 175, 178, 203, 500, 600, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	empty	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 600, 882	Sourced
Maximum height	11 cm	11 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 115, 116, 174, 175, 178, 203, 882, 918	Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months	mar, apr, may	mar, apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 115, 174, 203, 600 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded jan, mar, apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 115, 174, 203, 600	Sourced
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 175, 178, 203, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity	3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous)	3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203	Sourced
Light	9 / 9 · full sun	9 / 9 · full sun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Soil nutriments	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 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	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Cerastium pumilum Curtis, 1794 31% complete

European chickweed

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