Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/August/Blue Flowers

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

Cichorium intybus

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Profile for Cichorium intybus (Chicory)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect perennial, foliage primarily basal but with some cauline leaves
Flowers:	Radiate heads, both disk and ray florets typically blue but sometimes white
Life Cycle:	perennial
Similar Plants:	Basal foliage in spring is often mistaken for Taraxacum officinale

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:47, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 13:40, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:44, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
--Bridget barcode 13:23, 21 July 2009
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Lobelia siphilitica

Inflorescences

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Profile for Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Lobelia)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--Jomegat 19 July, 2008 (from photo)
--Jomegat 26 July, 2008 (from photo)
Jomegat 20:32, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 22:36, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Verbena hastata

Inflorescence

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Profile for Verbena hastata (Vervain)

Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:	Several spikes of tiny, purple, 5-petalled flowers branch from a central stem.
Foliage:	Deeply veined with toothed margins. Lanceolate.
Stem:	Erect
Life Cycle:	Biennial, Perennial

Recent Logs

Jomegat 19:45, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
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Agastache foeniculum

Inflorescences

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Profile for Agastache foeniculum (Wild Hyssop)

Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:	Small tubular flowers on an upright spike
Foliage:	simple, opposite
Stem:	Square in cross section
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:45, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 10:28, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 08:47, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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Veronicastrum sibiricum

Inflorescence

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Profile for Veronicastrum sibiricum (Veronicastrum)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 10:46, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:46, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:03, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Ipomoea hederacea

Flower

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Profile for Ipomoea hederacea (Ivy-leaved morning glory)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Twining vine
Flowers:	Trumpet shaped, blue, usually open only in the morning
Foliage:	Palmaely lobed
Life Cycle:	Annual

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 15:12, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:10, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 00:13, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 08:27, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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Myosotis

Inflorescence

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Profile for Myosotis (Forget-me-not)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Sprawling herbaceous plant
Foliage:	Simple

Recent Logs

--Anna gdf 11:24, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Commelina communis

Flower and foliage

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Profile for Commelina communis (Asiatic Dayflower)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Sprawling herbaceous plant
Foliage:	Simple, with linear veins
Life Cycle:	annual

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:22, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 13:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:50, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Tradescantia

Flowers

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Profile for Tradescantia (Spiderwort)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect herbaceous plant
Foliage:	Straplike, both basal and on stems
Stem:	Round
Life Cycle:	Perennial

2009 Logs

Jomegat 11 May 2009 (from photo)
Jomegat 00:11, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Salvia guaranitica

Flowering plant

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Profile for Salvia guaranitica (Anise Sage)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Tubular
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 11:14, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 00:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (from a datestamped photograph)
SB Johnny-LM 10:40, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 07:36, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:27, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

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Veronicastrum virginicum

Inflorescence

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Profile for Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)

Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:	On dense spikes
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 11:40, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 12:45, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 11:31, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

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last updated 09:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC) with 11 plants

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