Bloom Clock/Keys/Central Pennsylvania/August/Yellow Flowers

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The plants pictured below have been recorded as blooming during the month of August in Central Pennsylvania.

Solidago canadensis

Inflorescence and habit

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Profile for Solidago canadensis (Canada Goldenrod)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Erect, colonizing herbaceous plant
Flowers:Yellow heads held on compound panicles
Foliage:Simple
Life Cycle: Perennial
Similar Plants:Solidago gigantea (shoot axis without hairs)
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 04:05, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 19:46, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
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Hemerocallis

Flower of H. fulva, one of the most commonly encountered daylilies

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Profile for Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:clumping herbaceous plant
Flowers:3 petals and 3 sepals nearly equal. Each flower lasts only one day.
Foliage:Basal, straplike
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 04:43, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 00:48, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

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Oxalis stricta

Flowers and foliage

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Profile for Oxalis stricta (Common Yellow Woodsorrel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright
Flowers:5 petals, yellow
Foliage:Trifoliate, leaflets heart-shaped
Stem:Slender, green
Fruit:Explosive capsules
Life Cycle: Annual
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 17:01, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 29 May 2010 (Photo)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Oenothera

Flower of O. macrocarpa

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Profile for Oenothera (Evening Primrose)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Erect
Flowers:Yellow, 4 petals
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 03:13, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 12:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 22:48, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 21:18, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Linaria vulgaris

Inflorescences

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Profile for Linaria vulgaris (Butter and Eggs)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:spreading herbaceous plant
Flowers:Snapdragon-like, yellow
Foliage:Simple, covered in a white, waxy bloom
Stem:Weak
Scent:None
Fruit:Dry capsules
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 21:38, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 12:48, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Lotus corniculatus

Flowering plant

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Profile for Lotus corniculatus (Birdsfoot Trefoil)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Herbaceous forb
Flowers:The flowers develop into small pea-like pods or legumes.
Foliage:five leaflets, but with the central three held conspicuously above the others, hence the use of the name trefoil.
Stem:The height of the plant is variable, from 5-20 cm, occasionally more where supported by other plants; the stems can reach up to 50 cm long. It is typically sprawling at the height of the surrounding grassland.
Growing Conditions:It is most often found in sandy soils.
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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Impatiens capensis

Flowers and foliage

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Profile for Impatiens capensis (Jewelweed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Erect
Growing Conditions:Moist soils
Fruit:Explosive capsules
Life Cycle: Annual
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 04:04, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 19:46, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

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Rudbeckia fulgida

Plant covered in flowers

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Profile for Rudbeckia fulgida (Blackeyed Susan, Orange Coneflower)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:colonizing herbaceous plant
Flowers:Heads with cone-shaped black disks and orange rays
Foliage:simple, rough to the touch
Stem:Freely branching
Life Cycle: perennial
Similar Plants:Sometimes confused with Rudbeckia hirta
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:31, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 13:34, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Cormaggio talk 15:09, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 08:35, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:26, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Rudbeckia triloba

Flowers covering plant

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Profile for Rudbeckia triloba (Browneyed Susan)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:upright forb, freely branching
Recent Logs
  • --Luai lashire 14:12, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 18:30, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:53, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:12, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 11:56, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


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Taraxacum officinale

Head

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Profile for Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:rosette-forming herbaceous plant with a long taproot
Flowers:Head, flowers are all ray-like
Foliage:Basal only, pinnately lobed
Stem:flower stems are hollow with a milky sap
Scent:mild, "sunny"
Growing Conditions:sunny and partly-shaded, well drained soils, drought intolerant
Fruit:achene with a silky pappus
Similar Plants:Hypochoeris radicata, Sonchus
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 02:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 10:13, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Trinity507 16:17, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Trinity507 03:48, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Anna gdf 11:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

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last updated 09:06, 14 October 2007 (UTC) with 10 plants

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