Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Polygonatum odoratum, 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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Sourced12 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	(Mill.) Druce	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1906: 226 (1906)	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	1906	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Solomon's-seal	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Japan	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	23 cm	22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 23 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 88, 116, 164, 174, 178, 236, 421, 500	Differs from sources
Biological type	geophyte	geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Maximum height	45 cm	45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 88, 116, 164, 174, 178, 236, 421, 500	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	apr, may, jun	may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174	Differs from sources
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 175, 178, 236, 443, 460, 879, 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	3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	5 / 9 · half-shade	6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	pH 7.5 · 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 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
Soil nutriments	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · 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
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	14.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 88, 228, 412	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed, vegetative · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Not on the record

Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce, 1906 39% complete

Solomon's-seal

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