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Each value Trefle shows for Scorpiurus muricatus, 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 sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 745 (1753)	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	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Caterpillar-plant	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	7 cm	6.9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 36 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 460, 474, 500, 581, 654	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
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	empty	30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 460, 474, 500, 581, 654	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	apr, may, jun	apr\|may\|jun · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Differs from sources
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 71, 175, 460, 534, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 444, 445	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 474	Not on the record

Scorpiurus muricatus L., 1753 25% complete

Caterpillar-plant

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