Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Sw., 1800 27% complete

White adder's-mouth orchid

Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 234 (1800)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Malaxis monophyllos, 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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Sourced8 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Sw. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 234 (1800) 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 1800 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name White adder's-mouth orchid No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Philippines No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 19 cm Differs from sources
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
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 21 cm Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light empty
  • 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
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 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record