Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Dianthus chinensis, 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 recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 411 (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	Japanese pink	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. Europe to Temp. Asia and N. India	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	43 cm	42.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 251, 500, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 500, 918	Sourced
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	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
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual, perennial	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 110, 236, 443, 879, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 444, 445	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	71.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record

Dianthus chinensis L., 1753 22% complete

Japanese pink

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