Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Galium aparine, 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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Sourced19 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded11 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.: 108 (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	Cleavers	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia to Temp. Eurasia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	71 cm	70.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 260 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 65, 66, 86, 92, 108, 174, 175, 178, 203, 249, 299, 335, 500, 655, 706, 716, 775, 863, 866, 882, 897, 925	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 178 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 203, 500, 655, 882, 918, 925	Sourced
Flower color	white	green, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92, 655, 882	Differs from sources
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 92	Differs from sources
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	mericarp	mericarp · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Growth form	Single Crown	Single Crown · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb, Vine	Forb/herb, Vine · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	110 cm	110 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 65, 66, 86, 92, 108, 174, 175, 178, 203, 249, 299, 335, 500, 655, 706, 716, 775, 863, 866, 882, 897, 925	Sourced
Sexuality	hermaphrodite	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 365	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jun, jul, aug, sep, oct	may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 163, 174, 203 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 163, 174, 203	Differs from sources
Duration	annual, biennial, perennial	annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 200 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 86, 92, 110, 175, 178, 203, 299, 365, 460, 818, 882, 918, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)	5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Sourced
Light	6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light	6 / 9 · half-shade to half-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 · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 37, 57, 71, 89, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.2	pH 7.2 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5.4	pH 5.4 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Soil nutriments	8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic)	8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	10 cm	10 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	16.5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 228, 412, 670	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 174	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 242	Not on the record

Galium aparine L., 1753 60% complete

Cleavers

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