Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Medicago scutellata, 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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Sourced8 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded21 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Mill.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 2 (1768)	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	1768	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Snail medic	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Medit.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	44 cm	44.23 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 175, 251, 882, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 833, 918	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	brown	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth form	Single Crown	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Moderate	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	No source recorded 1 earlier or rejected value Rejected 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 175, 251, 882, 918 below the average height (44 cm) of the same record	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	apr, may, jun	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 175, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	7 / 9 · humid air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 444	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 5.9	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fodder · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill., 1768 52% complete

Snail medic

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