Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb, 1967 37% complete

Spatulaleaf loosestrife

Feddes Repert. 71: 13 (1967)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lythrum portula, 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 sources5 Source not recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) D.A.Webb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Feddes Repert. 71: 13 (1967) 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 1967 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Spatulaleaf loosestrife No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Azores, Europe to NW. Türkiye, NW. Africa No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 14 cm
  • 13.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Differs from sources
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 20 cm
  • 20 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug, sep
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded feb, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203
Differs from sources
Duration annual 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 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous)
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light Differs from sources
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 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
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