Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Plantago coronopus, 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 recorded9 Not on the record7 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.: 115 (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	Buck's-horn plantain	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to C. Asia and W. Pakistan, Macaronesia to Arabian Pen.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	9 cm	9.1 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 19 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 86, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 270, 349, 474, 598, 600, 897, 898, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 349, 600, 918	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Differs from sources
Foliage texture	empty	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 600, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	10 cm	10 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 86, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 270, 349, 474, 598, 600, 897, 898, 918	Sourced
Sexuality	hermaphrodite	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	feb, mar, apr, jun	feb, mar, apr, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 600, 833 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded jan, feb, mar, apr, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 600, 833	Sourced
Duration	annual, biennial, perennial	annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 175, 178, 460, 598, 818, 882, 918	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	6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · 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	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7	pH 7 · 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 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
Soil nutriments	4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)	4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Soil salinity	4 / 9 · slightly to moderately saline (meso-oligohaline)	3 / 9 · slightly saline (oligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Differs from sources
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	38 cm	38 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818, 898	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	35.2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Plantago coronopus L., 1753 43% complete

Buck's-horn plantain

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