Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Smyrnium olusatrum, 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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Sourced8 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded10 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.: 262 (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	Black-lovage	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Carrot family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Medit. to Chad	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	54 cm	53.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 31 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 654	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 174, 178, 918	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	150 cm	150 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 654	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	apr, may, jun, jul	apr · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded jan · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Differs from sources
Duration	biennial, perennial	biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 164, 178, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	4 / 9 · moderately dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	empty	5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	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	8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic)	7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Differs from sources
Other
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record

Smyrnium olusatrum L., 1753 35% complete

Black-lovage

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