Sagina saginoides (L.) H.Karst., 1882 52% complete

Alpine pearlwort

Deut. Fl.: 539 (1882)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Sagina saginoides, 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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Sourced9 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded17 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) H.Karst. No source recorded
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Bibliography Deut. Fl.: 539 (1882) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1882 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Alpine pearlwort No source recorded
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Observations Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Mexico and Jawa No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 5 cm
  • 4.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 164, 178, 251, 500, 649
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 580, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Flower conspicuous true No source recorded
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Foliage color green Sourced
Foliage texture coarse No source recorded
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Fruit color brown Sourced
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
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Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth form Single Crown No source recorded
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Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Growth rate Moderate Sourced
Maximum height 7 cm
  • 7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 164, 178, 251, 500, 649
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months jul, aug Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92, 164, 178, 918
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air No source recorded
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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, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 6 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
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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
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record