Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Saussurea discolor, 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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Sourced6 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded15 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Willd.) DC.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 199 (1810)	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	1810	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Heart-leaved saussurea	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Aster family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	16 cm	15.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 918	Sourced
Flower color	purple	purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	nut · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Maximum height	25 cm	25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164	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	jul, aug	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	empty	5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Light	9 / 9 · full sun	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
Ph maximum	pH 8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 7.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator	—	8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Saussurea discolor (Willd.) DC., 1810 35% complete

Heart-leaved saussurea

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