Lythrum hyssopifolia L., 1753 43% complete

Grass-poly

Sp. Pl.: 447 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lythrum hyssopifolia, 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 sources6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data, Merged from a synonym record
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 447 (1753) 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 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Grass-poly No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to C. Asia and Iran, N. Africa to Sahel and Arabian Pen., Australia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 23 cm
  • 22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 299, 500, 882, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Differs from sources
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Merged from a synonym record (Lythrum hyssopifolium) · Reported · 2026-09-05
Sourced
Maximum height 23 cm
  • 22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 299, 500, 882, 918
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug, sep
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 299, 460, 882, 918
Sourced
Fruit months jan, feb, mar, apr, may, oct, nov, dec
  • jan, feb, mar, apr, may, oct, nov, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air
  • 8 / 9 · very humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous)
  • 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
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 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 3 / 9 · slightly saline (oligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Other
Halophyte status — Not on the record
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