Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Plantago afra, 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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Sourced2 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. ed. 2, 1:167. 1762	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	1762	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	African plantain	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Medit. to Pakistan and Arabian Pen. Sahara to Tanzania	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	12 cm	12.39 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 86, 251, 289, 474, 581	Differs from sources
Biological type	empty	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175	Not on the record
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 289, 534	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 71 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 474 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 474	Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 877 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877	Not on the record

Plantago afra L., 1762 14% complete

African plantain

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