Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench, 1794 41% complete

Purple moor grass

Methodus 183. 1794

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Molinia caerulea, 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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Sourced14 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded8 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data, POWO / WCVP (Kew)
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Moench Sourced
Bibliography Methodus 183. 1794 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 1794 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Purple moor grass No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Kazakhstan, Medit., Ethiopia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 35 cm
  • 34.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 56 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 71, 76, 88, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 310, 449, 526, 818, 897, 898, 918, 926
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 85 cm
  • 85 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 71, 76, 88, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 310, 449, 526, 818, 897, 898, 918, 926
Sourced
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug
  • jun, jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded feb, jun, jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 19 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 110, 164, 178, 203, 432, 460, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air
  • 7 / 9 · humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous)
  • 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242, 489
Sourced
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · 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 5.5
  • pH 5.5 · 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 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (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 · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 51 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
  • 21.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 19 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 76, 88, 228, 412, 416, 670
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