Potentilla anglica Laichard., 1790 43% complete

English cinquefoil

Veg. Europ. 1: 475 (1790)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Potentilla anglica, 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 sources2 Source not recorded10 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Laichard. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Veg. Europ. 1: 475 (1790) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1790 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name English cinquefoil No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Rose family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Macaronesia, Europe to Siberia and Türkiye No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 15 cm
  • 15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 500, 818, 898
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 174, 178, 500
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Fruit shape empty 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
Maximum height 25 cm
  • 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 500, 818, 898
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug, sep
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 178, 460, 818, 882
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air
  • 7 / 9 · humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None 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 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 97 cm Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record