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Each value Trefle shows for Silene vulgaris, 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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Sourced17 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded8 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Moench) Garcke	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fl. N. Mitt.-Deutschland, ed. 9: 64 (1869)	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	1869	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Bladder campion	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Temp. Eurasia, Macaronesia, N. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	28 cm	28.15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 84 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 66, 76, 174, 175, 178, 251, 310, 500, 519, 581, 807, 832, 882, 884, 898, 926	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 500, 877	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 877, 882	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71	Sourced
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 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	70 cm	70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 66, 76, 174, 175, 178, 251, 310, 500, 519, 581, 807, 832, 882, 884, 898, 926	Sourced
Sexuality	gynodioecious	gynodioecious · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Vegetable	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months	may, jun	may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 110, 175, 178, 365, 818, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	empty	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	8 / 9 · light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 110, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 7	pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	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	25 cm	25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818, 832, 898	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	13.8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 76, 228, 372, 468	Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record

Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke, 1869 41% complete

Bladder campion

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