Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Neotinea maculata, 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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Sourced9 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded8 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data, POWO / WCVP (Kew)

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Desf.) Stearn	(Desf.) Stearn · POWO / WCVP (Kew) · Reported · 2026-10-11	Sourced
Bibliography	Ann. Mus. Goulandris 2: 79 (1974 publ. 1975)	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	1975	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Dense-flowered orchid	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, NW. Europe to Medit.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Biological type	geophyte	geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 175, 178	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	apr	apr · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded jan · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 178, 460	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
Ground humidity	empty	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	8 / 9 · light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record
Ph maximum	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
Ph minimum	pH 5	pH 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	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Other
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record

Neotinea maculata (Desf.) Stearn, 1975 27% complete

Dense-flowered orchid

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