Phleum arenarium L., 1753 27% complete

Sand cat's-tail

Sp. Pl.: 60 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Phleum arenarium, 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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Sourced8 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record12 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.: 60 (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 Sand cat's-tail No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Medit. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 14 cm
  • 14.3 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 175, 178, 272, 349, 600, 818, 898, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 272, 349, 600, 918
Sourced
Flower color green
  • green · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape caryopsis Sourced
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 17 cm
  • 17 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 175, 178, 272, 349, 600, 818, 898, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded jan, apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 600
Sourced
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 272, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light empty Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Soil nutriments empty
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity empty
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 18 cm 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