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Each value Trefle shows for Elatine hydropiper, 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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Sourced11 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record6 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.: 367 (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	Eight-stamened waterwort	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Russian Far East	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	3 cm	3 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	empty	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit shape	empty	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
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	11 cm	11 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 500, 918	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jun, jul	jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174	Sourced
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 178, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	8 / 9 · very humid air	8 / 9 · very humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte)	10 / 12 · amphibious all year, base always under water (permanent helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Light	8 / 9 · light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 71 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 5.5	pH 5.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5	pH 5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Other
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 242 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Not on the record

Elatine hydropiper L., 1753 37% complete

Eight-stamened waterwort

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