Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl, 1826 37% complete

No common name

Fl. Sicul.: 161 (1826)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Spergularia media, 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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Sourced7 Differs from sources5 Source not recorded11 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) C.Presl No source recorded
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Bibliography Fl. Sicul.: 161 (1826) 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 1826 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Observations Europe to N. China and W. Pakistan, Canary Is., Mauritania to N. Africa No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 10 cm
  • 9.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 247, 500, 882, 897, 918
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Biological type chamaephyte
  • chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Differs from sources
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Maximum height 28 cm
  • 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 174, 178, 247, 500, 882, 897, 918
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Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months feb, jul Sourced
Duration biennial, perennial
  • biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 40 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 178, 247, 316, 882, 918
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 6 / 9 · moderately humid air No source recorded
Source not recorded
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 Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
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Soil salinity 8 / 9 · very strongly saline (polyhaline)
  • 7 / 9 · strongly saline (euhaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
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Other
Halophyte status — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record