Pimpinella saxifraga L., 1753 45% complete

Burnet-saxifrage

Sp. pl. 1:263. 1753

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Pimpinella saxifraga, 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 sources2 Source not recorded14 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. pl. 1:263. 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Burnet-saxifrage No source recorded
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Family common name Carrot family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to C. Siberia and NW. Iran No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 15 cm
  • 15.3 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 62 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 76, 116, 164, 174, 175, 178, 310, 320, 356, 500, 519, 729, 818, 897, 898, 918, 926
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height 50 cm
  • 50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 76, 116, 164, 174, 175, 178, 310, 320, 356, 500, 519, 729, 818, 897, 898, 918, 926
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months feb, may, jun, jul, aug
  • feb, may, jun, jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203, 310
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 110, 164, 175, 178, 203, 460, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
Source not recorded
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, 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 127 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