Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Tragus berteronianus, 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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Sourced2 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Schult.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Mant. 2: 205 (1824)	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	1824	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	African bur grass	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Africa, Arabian Pen. to China	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	7 cm	6.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 331	Differs from sources
Biological type	empty	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Growth habit	Graminoid	Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	spike · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	empty	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 460	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 67, 444	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	12 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 331	Not on the record

Tragus berteronianus Schult., 1824 14% complete

African bur grass

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