Polygala serpyllifolia Hosé, 1797 35% complete

Heath milkwort

Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 21: 39 (1797)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Polygala serpyllifolia, 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 recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Hosé No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 21: 39 (1797) 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 1797 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Heath milkwort No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Greenland, Azores, Europe No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 19 cm
  • 19 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 116, 174, 178, 251, 500
Sourced
Biological type chamaephyte
  • chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 500
Sourced
Flower color white, blue, purple Differs from sources
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 12.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 116, 174, 178, 251, 500 below the average height (19 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug, sep
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded jan, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174
Differs from sources
Duration perennial 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 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous)
  • 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 4.5
  • pH 4.5 · 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
Ph minimum pH 4
  • pH 4 · 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 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
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