Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Melilotus siculus, 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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Sourced12 Source not recorded8 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Turra) Steud.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 121 (1841)	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	1841	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Observations	Medit. to W. Eritrea	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	empty	60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 500, 882	Not on the record
Biological type	empty	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 500	Not on the record
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	brown, yellow	brown, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Maximum height	45 cm	45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 500, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	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	Sourced
Light	9 / 9 · full sun	9 / 9 · full sun · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444	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	7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)	7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Soil salinity	5 / 9 · moderately saline (mesohaline)	5 / 9 · moderately saline (mesohaline) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Other
Halophyte status	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877	Not on the record

Melilotus siculus (Turra) Steud., 1841 29% complete

No common name

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Melilotus siculus (Turra) Steud., 1841 29% complete

No common name

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