Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lepidium densiflorum, 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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Sourced9 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded13 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Schrad.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1832: 4 (1832)	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	1832	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Prairie peppergrass	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Subarctic America to N. Mexico	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	17 cm	16.9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 72 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 193, 296, 309, 500	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Differs from sources
Foliage texture	empty	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit shape	silique	silique · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	30 cm	30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 193, 296, 309, 500	Sourced
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 · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 163	Sourced
Duration	annual, biennial	annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 135 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 164, 193, 296, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Sourced
Light	9 / 9 · full sun	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 130, 193, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	10.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 193, 296, 412	Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator	—	8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Lepidium densiflorum Schrad., 1832 43% complete

Prairie peppergrass

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