Herminium monorchis (L.) R.Br., 1813 22% complete

Musk orchid

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

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Herminium monorchis, 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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Sourced5 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record11 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
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
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1813 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Musk orchid No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Eurasia to Himalaya No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 16 cm
  • 16 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 320, 500, 918
Sourced
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 320, 500, 918 below the average height (16 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 178, 460, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Soil nutriments empty
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · 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
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