Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Vicia lathyroides, 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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Sourced13 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 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.: 736 (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	Spring vetch	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Iran, NW. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	14 cm	14.25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 270, 500	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	purple	purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Growth habit	Vine, Forb/herb	Vine, Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	28 cm	27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 270, 500	Differs from sources
Sexuality	hermaphrodite	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	apr, may	apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Duration	annual, biennial	annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 175, 178, 534, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity	3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous)	3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Sourced
Light	8 / 9 · light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 444	Sourced
Soil nutriments	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Sourced
Other
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 · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Not on the record

Vicia lathyroides L., 1753 39% complete

Spring vetch

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