Lunaria annua L., 1753 35% complete

Damask-violet

Sp. Pl.: 653 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lunaria annua, 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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Sourced11 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record8 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.: 653 (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 Damask-violet No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations SC. & S. Europe No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 36 cm
  • 35.85 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 22 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 251, 500, 654, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape silique 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 empty
  • 70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 251, 500, 654, 918
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected apr, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174; rejected by hand 2026-10-20: dataset 174 value 49 is not a month (trefle-crawlers#55); the remaining observation is one
Source not recorded
Duration annual, biennial, perennial
  • annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 28, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 6 / 9 · moderately humid air
  • 6 / 9 · moderately humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade Sourced
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum 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
Ph minimum pH 5.5
  • pH 5.5 · 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 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Sourced
Other
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record