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Each value Trefle shows for Spergularia marina, 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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Sourced10 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Besser	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Enum. Pl.: 97 (1822)	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	1822	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Saltmarsh sandspurry	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America to Falkland Is.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	18 cm	17.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 174, 178, 500, 598, 882, 897	Differs from sources
Flower color	purple	magenta, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877, 882	Differs from sources
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 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	No source recorded 1 earlier or rejected value Rejected 15.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 174, 178, 500, 598, 882, 897 below the average height (18 cm) of the same record	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jun	jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Sourced
Duration	annual, biennial, perennial	annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 86, 178, 882, 918	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	sep, oct, nov · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	7 / 9 · humid air	7 / 9 · humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous)	8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Light	8 / 9 · light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445, 882	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8	pH 8 · 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 7.5	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
Soil nutriments	7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	8 / 9 · very strongly saline (polyhaline)	6 / 9 · moderately to strongly saline (meso-euhaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Other
Halophyte status	—	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877, 882	Not on the record
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	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

Spergularia marina (L.) Besser, 1822 37% complete

Saltmarsh sandspurry

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