Geranium purpureum Vill., 1786 41% complete

Little-robin

Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné 1: 272. 1786

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Geranium purpureum, 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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Sourced13 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 Vill. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné 1: 272. 1786 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1786 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Little-robin No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Macaronesia, Europe to Iran and Tanzania No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 25 cm
  • 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 82 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 175, 178, 251, 500, 544, 654, 882
Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 500, 544, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape mericarp 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 38 cm
  • 37.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 175, 178, 251, 500, 544, 654, 882
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Duration annual, biennial
  • annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 175, 178, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air
  • 4 / 9 · moderately dry air · 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 178, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7
  • pH 7 · 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 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · 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 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record