Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Plantago ovata, 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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Sourced3 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Forssk.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 31 (1775)	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	1775	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Ispaghul	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SE. Spain, N. Africa to India and Somalia, SW. & SC. U.S.A. to N. Mexico	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	3 cm	2.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 170, 474, 581, 818	Differs from sources
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	4 cm	3.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 170, 474, 581, 818	Differs from sources
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	9 cm	9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 474, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	15.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 170	Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877	Not on the record
Human usage type	—	masticatories · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 341, 414	Not on the record

Plantago ovata Forssk., 1775 18% complete

Ispaghul

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