Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal., 1776 37% complete

Burless clover

Cat. Piante Siena: 60 (1776)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Medicago orbicularis, 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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Sourced13 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Bartal. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Cat. Piante Siena: 60 (1776) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1776 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Burless clover No source recorded
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Observations Medit. to W. Himalaya and Ethiopia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 35 cm
  • 35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 175, 216, 251, 918
Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 175, 833, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow Differs from sources
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape legume 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 55 cm
  • 55 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 175, 216, 251, 918
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Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 71, 164, 175, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity
  • 5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
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Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation High Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · 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 7
  • pH 7 · 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 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
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