Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R.Br., 1813 29% complete

Fragrant orchid

W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 191 (1813)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Gymnadenia conopsea, 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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Sourced9 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record11 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) R.Br. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 191 (1813) 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 1813 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Fragrant orchid No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to N. & C. Japan No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 43 cm
  • 42.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 310, 500, 818, 898, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 84, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty 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 45 cm
  • 45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 310, 500, 818, 898, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded feb, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203
Sourced
Duration annual, perennial
  • annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 175, 178, 203, 460, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light empty
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 7 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
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