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Each value Trefle shows for Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum, 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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Sourced11 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 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.: 480 (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	Slender iceplant	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Medit. to Sahara and Arabian PEn.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	3 cm	3 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 251, 474, 581, 598	Sourced
Biological type	empty	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175	Not on the record
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · 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	empty	30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 251, 474, 581, 598	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	apr, may, jun, jul	apr\|may\|jun\|jul · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Differs from sources
Duration	annual, perennial	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	6 / 9 · moderately humid air	6 / 9 · moderately humid air · 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	empty	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 598	Not on the record
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	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	4 / 9 · slightly to moderately saline (meso-oligohaline)	4 / 9 · slightly to moderately saline (meso-oligohaline) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	4 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 474	Not on the record

Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L., 1753 33% complete

Slender iceplant

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