Melampyrum arvense L., 1753 39% complete

Field cow-wheat

Sp. Pl.: 605 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Melampyrum arvense, 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 sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 605 (1753) 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 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Field cow-wheat No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Kazakhstan No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 33 cm
  • 32.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 320, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 55 cm
  • 55 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 320, 500, 918
Sourced
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 460, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air
  • 4 / 9 · moderately dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8
  • pH 8 · 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 7.5
  • 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
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
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