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Each value Trefle shows for Cynara cardunculus, 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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Sourced6 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded17 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 827 (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	Spanish artichoke	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	69 cm	68.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 251, 818, 881, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	empty	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 833	Not on the record
Flower color	empty	blue, purple, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit color	brown	brown · 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 · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	100 cm	100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 251, 818, 881, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 818, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	3 / 9 · rather dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Light	8 / 9 · light	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 7.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	170 cm	170 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	25.6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 881	Not on the record

Cynara cardunculus L., 1753 35% complete

Spanish artichoke

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