Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Silene dichotoma, 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 sources2 Source not recorded13 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Ehrh.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Beitr. Naturk. 7: 143 (1792)	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	1792	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Forked catchfly	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Italy to W. Siberia and Iran	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	40 cm	40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 500, 581, 882, 918	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white, purple	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Differs from sources
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	57 cm	56.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 500, 581, 882, 918	Differs from sources
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual, biennial	annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 164, 365, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	empty	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
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)	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Sourced
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
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	17 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	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

Silene dichotoma Ehrh., 1792 35% complete

Forked catchfly

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