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Each value Trefle shows for Geranium pratense, 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 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. pl. 2:681. 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	Meadow crane's-bill	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Amur and Himalaya	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	33 cm	32.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 103 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 164, 174, 178, 203, 236, 251, 347, 449, 519, 526, 589, 818, 898, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	blue	blue · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	schizocarp · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	75 cm	75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 164, 174, 178, 203, 236, 251, 347, 449, 519, 526, 589, 818, 898, 918	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	feb, jun, jul	feb, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 164, 178, 203, 236, 443, 818, 879, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	6 / 9 · moderately humid air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)	6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Sourced
Light	8 / 9 · light	7 / 9 · half-light to 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 · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 6.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)	7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	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	28 cm	28 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	21.8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 347	Not on the record
Other
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 242	Not on the record

Geranium pratense L., 1753 45% complete

Meadow crane's-bill

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