Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Spergularia rubra, 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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Sourced14 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) J.Presl & C.Presl	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fl. Cech.: 94 (1819)	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	1819	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Red sandspurry	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Russian Far East, Macaronesia to N. & NE. Trop. Africa, Arabian Pen.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	10 cm	9.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 203, 299, 468, 474, 500, 581, 598, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 833, 918	Sourced
Flower color	red, magenta	magenta, red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Foliage texture	empty	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 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	20 cm	20 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 203, 299, 468, 474, 500, 581, 598, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	feb, may	feb, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 203, 833	Sourced
Duration	annual, biennial, perennial	annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 178, 203, 299, 598, 818, 882, 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	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 444, 445, 598, 882	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 5	pH 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 4.5	pH 4.5 · 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	4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	9 cm	9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 474, 818	Sourced
Other
Halophyte status	—	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 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 · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203	Not on the record

Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl, 1819 43% complete

Red sandspurry

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