Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Potentilla crantzii, 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.

Something wrong? Suggest a correction.

Sourced12 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded10 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Crantz) Beck ex Fritsch	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Excursionsfl. Oesterreich: 295 (1897)	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	1897	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Alpine cinquefoil	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Rose family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Russian Far East and N. India, Subarctic America to E. Canada	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	5 cm	4.69 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 74 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 164, 174, 178, 310, 461, 468, 500, 519, 705, 832, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 84, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	empty	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit shape	empty	nut · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded nut · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Maximum height	23 cm	22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 164, 174, 178, 310, 461, 468, 500, 519, 705, 832, 918	Differs from sources
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 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	jun	jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 110, 164, 178, 365, 460, 461, 759, 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	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Light	9 / 9 · full sun	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 110, 444, 445 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 110, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8	pH 8 · 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 7.5	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
Soil nutriments	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 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	9 cm	9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 832 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 832	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	18.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 329, 468, 837 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 18.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 329, 468, 837	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 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 · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Not on the record

Potentilla crantzii (Crantz) Beck ex Fritsch, 1897 41% complete

Alpine cinquefoil

.fa-secondary{opacity:.4} Data sources

Data sources