Hippuris vulgaris

Common mare's-tail · Plantaginaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

PlantaginaceaeShrub

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Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors from Stevenage, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · wikimedia_commons · source

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Plantaginaceae

Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

EuropeTemperate AsiaTropical AsiaNorth AmericaSouth America

Medicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	-26.95 – 27.45	-25.87 – 27.13
Temperature of the warmest month	-9.83 – 43.39	-9.35 – 41.71
Temperature of the coldest month	-43.61 – 18.11	-42.05 – 17.03
Annual precipitation	29.72 – 5802.76	40.58 – 4355.22
Precipitation seasonality	6.8 – 141.52	7.22 – 137.44

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	21.09 – 44.34	24.45 – 30.68
Clay	%	6.29 – 31.32	14.1 – 24.62
Coarse fragments	%	6.46 – 25.36	9.22 – 15.4
Total nitrogen	g/kg	2.03 – 11.89	2.63 – 11.12
pH	—	4.8 – 7	5.3 – 6.6
Sand	%	24.21 – 66.52	36.58 – 58.1
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	20.62 – 265.94	46.92 – 210.5

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.