Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop., 1771 29% complete

Giant chickweed

Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 319 (1771)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Stellaria aquatica, 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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Sourced11 Source not recorded7 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Scop. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 319 (1771) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1771 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Giant chickweed No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Eurasia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 45 cm
  • 45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 706, 918, 925
Sourced
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 137 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918, 925
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 70 cm
  • 70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 706, 918, 925
Sourced
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded feb, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 143 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 178, 203, 818, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
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, 203
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Soil nutriments empty
  • 8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
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 44 cm Sourced
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record