Sempervivum tectorum L., 1753 37% complete

Houseleek

Sp. Pl.: 464 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 464 (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 Houseleek No source recorded
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Observations Pyrenees to W. Balkan Pen. No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 21 cm
  • 21.25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 175, 178, 251, 500, 729, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type chamaephyte
  • chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 175, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Differs from sources
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 35 cm
  • 35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 175, 178, 251, 500, 729, 918
Sourced
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 175, 178, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 3 / 9 · rather dry air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 2 / 12 · dry (perxerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 9 / 9 · full sun Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 5.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 1 / 9 · extremely poor (hyperoligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
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
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record