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Each value Trefle shows for Erodium cicutarium, 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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Sourced12 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) L'Hér.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	W.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 414 (1789)	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	1789	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Redstem stork's bill	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Temp. Eurasia to N. & NE. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	8 cm	7.69 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 40 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 63, 86, 98, 116, 164, 174, 175, 178, 193, 203, 251, 270, 474, 488, 581, 655, 882, 897, 902, 926	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 27 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 98, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 272, 488, 500, 600, 655, 918	Sourced
Flower color	purple	magenta · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 655, 877, 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded magenta · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 655, 877, 882	Differs from sources
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 98 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 98	Sourced
Fruit shape	mericarp	mericarp · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 600, 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded mericarp · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 600, 882	Sourced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
Maximum height	35 cm	35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 63, 86, 98, 116, 164, 174, 175, 178, 193, 203, 251, 270, 474, 488, 581, 655, 882, 897, 902, 926	Sourced
Sexuality	hermaphrodite	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	feb, mar, apr, jun	feb, mar, apr, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203, 600 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, mar, apr · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203, 600	Sourced
Duration	annual, biennial	annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 31 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 98, 110, 164, 175, 178, 193, 203, 272, 534, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity	empty	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	empty	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 193, 444, 445 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 193, 444, 445	Sourced
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	25 cm	25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 474, 818 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 474, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	14.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 193, 228, 272, 412 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 14.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 193, 228, 272, 412	Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 877 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877	Not on the record
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 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 · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242, 489	Not on the record

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér., 1789 37% complete

Redstem stork's bill

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