Gypsophila vaccaria (L.) Sm., 1809 39% complete

Cow cockle

J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 279 (1809)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Gypsophila vaccaria, 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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Sourced16 Source not recorded8 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Merged from a synonym record
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Sm. No source recorded
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Bibliography J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 279 (1809) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1809 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Cow cockle No source recorded
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Observations Macaronesia, C. & E. Europe to Medit. and C. Himalaya No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 60 cm
  • 60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 251, 500, 882, 884, 918
Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color magenta Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Maximum height 70 cm
  • 70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 251, 500, 882, 884, 918
Sourced
Vegetable false
  • false · Merged from a synonym record (Vaccaria hispanica) · Reported · 2026-09-05
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Phenology
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 25 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 443, 460, 818, 879, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 3 / 9 · rather dry air
  • 3 / 9 · rather dry air · Merged from a synonym record (Vaccaria hispanica) · Reported · 2026-09-05
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Ground humidity 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous)
  • 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · Merged from a synonym record (Vaccaria hispanica) · Reported · 2026-09-05
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 9
  • pH 9 · Merged from a synonym record (Vaccaria hispanica) · Reported · 2026-09-05
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Ph minimum pH 8
  • pH 8 · Merged from a synonym record (Vaccaria hispanica) · Reported · 2026-09-05
Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · Merged from a synonym record (Vaccaria hispanica) · Reported · 2026-09-05
Sourced
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 242, 489
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Merged from a synonym record (Vaccaria hispanica) · Reported · 2026-09-05
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 59 cm Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record