Daphne mezereum L., 1753 37% complete

Mezereon

Sp. pl. 1:356. 1753


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Daphne mezereum, 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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Sourced8 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded13 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. pl. 1:356. 1753 No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Mezereon No source recorded
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Observations Europe to SW. Siberia and N. Iran No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 70 cm
  • 70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 68, 164, 174, 178, 251, 500, 898, 918
Sourced
Flower color magenta Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Subshrub, Shrub No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height 120 cm
  • 120 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 68, 164, 174, 178, 251, 500, 898, 918
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months jan, mar Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 460, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade
  • 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Differs from sources
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 42 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record