Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Medicago laciniata, 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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Sourced7 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Mill.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 5 (1768)	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	1768	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Tattered medick	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia to Ethiopia and Tanzania, S. Africa, W. & SW. Asia to W. Himalaya	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	5 cm	5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 98, 881, 882	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 98, 918	Sourced
Flower color	empty	orange, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 98	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	brown, grey, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	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	40 cm	40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 98, 881, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 98, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	12.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 881	Not on the record

Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill., 1768 22% complete

Tattered medick

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