Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Trifolium tomentosum, 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 sources3 Source not recorded9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 771 (1753)	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	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Woolly clover	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran and NE. Sudan	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	5 cm	4.58 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 251, 270, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 833	Sourced
Flower color	purple	blue, magenta, purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Differs from sources
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 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	30 cm	30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 251, 270, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	apr, may, jun	mar · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 833	Differs from sources
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced

Trifolium tomentosum L., 1753 29% complete

Woolly clover

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