Salvia pratensis L., 1753 43% complete

Meadow clary

Sp. Pl.: 25 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced11 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded13 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 25 (1753) 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 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Meadow clary No source recorded
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Observations Europe No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 16 cm
  • 15.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 46 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 116, 174, 175, 178, 192, 203, 251, 310, 474, 519, 818, 832, 897, 898, 918, 926
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color blue Sourced
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 70 cm
  • 70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 116, 174, 175, 178, 192, 203, 251, 310, 474, 519, 818, 832, 897, 898, 918, 926
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 175, 178, 203, 460, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air No source recorded
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Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-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
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 15 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record