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

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

Buddleja davidii

Inflorescence

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Profile for Buddleja davidii (Butterfly Bush)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Arching shrub
Foliage:Simple, rough, opposite
Stem:Hollow pith
Scent:Flowers are sweetly scented
Fruit:Dry capsules
Life Cycle: Perennial shrub
Recent Logs
  • SBJ 20:48, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 22:29, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:37, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 09:54, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Ngravagna 22:50, 2 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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Persicaria maculosa

Inflorescence

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Profile for Persicaria maculosa (Lady's Thumb)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Erect herbaceous plant
Flowers:On dense terminal spikes with a pink calyx and white corolla
Foliage:Simple
Life Cycle: Annual
Recent Logs
  • --Luai lashire 18:31, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 14:12, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 20:45, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 13:08, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:01, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 07:32, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:22, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Securigera varia

Inflorescence

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Profile for Securigera varia (Crown Vetch)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Spreading semi-herbaceous plant
Flowers:Small, pea-like flowers on a crown-like head
Foliage:Pinnately compound
Stem:Thin, wire-like
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs

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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Lagerstroemia indica

Inflorescences and foliage

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Profile for Lagerstroemia indica (Crape Myrtle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Large shrub or small tree
Foliage:simple
Fruit:Dry, persistent capsule
Life Cycle: perennial shrub or tree
Recent Logs
  • HortMan 21:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:31, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:02, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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Trifolium pratense

Inflorescence

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Profile for Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Spreading herbaceous plant
Foliage:trifoliate with pale zones on the leaflets
Fruit:tiny legumes
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • Anna reg 19:17, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 18:13, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Echinacea purpurea

Plants in bloom

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Profile for Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright, clump forming
Flowers:Heads with raised disks
Recent Logs
  • SBJ 18:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 21:52, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:20, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:17, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 18:31, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:54, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Ngravagna 22:47, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 09:35, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Begonia grandis

Flowering plant

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Profile for Begonia grandis (Hardy begonia)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:33, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


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Sedum spurium

Inflorescence

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Profile for Sedum spurium (Stonecrop)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Creeping forb
Foliage:Succulent
Stem:waxy, fragile
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 08:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 09:58, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 08:32, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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Verbascum blattaria

Panicle

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Profile for Verbascum blattaria (Moth Mullein)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:34, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:42, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall

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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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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

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Petunia x hybrida

Flowers

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Profile for Petunia x hybrida (Petunia)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 11:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 13:58, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:37, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-NHAMP 09:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 18:32, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 08:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Polygonum sagittatum

Inflorescences

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Profile for Polygonum sagittatum (Arrowleaf tearthumb)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 11:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --Jomegat 00:07, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:12, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 07:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


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Monarda didyma

Head of a pink-flowered variety

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Profile for Monarda didyma (Bee Balm)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:erect, spreading herb
Flowers:Heads of tubular flowers
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 08:15, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 16:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 01:00, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
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Lythrum salicaria

Flowering plant

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Profile for Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:bushy herbaceous plant
Growing Conditions:Most frequent in wet soils, though also widely cultivated in gardens
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • SBJ 11:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 13:17, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 01:40, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

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Asclepias incarnata

Inflorescence and foliage

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Profile for Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Corymbs of pink flowers
Foliage:Simple
Growing Conditions:Moist meadows and gardens
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • --Jomegat 02:22, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --Jomegat 18:49, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:45, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 22:26, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Achillea sibirica

Heads

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Profile for Achillea sibirica (Sibirian Yarrow)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright to mounded
Flowers:Heads
Foliage:pinnately lobed, narrow, dark green
Life Cycle: Perennial

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Albizia julibrissin

f. 'Rosea'

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Profile for Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Small tree
Foliage:Bipinnately compound
Fruit:legumes
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 07:29, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:05, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 13:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 10:29, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 09:23, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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Clethra alnifolia

Inflorescences

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Profile for Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Suckering shrub
Flowers:Upright panicles
Foliage:Simple, serrate margins
Life Cycle: Perennial woody shrub
Recent Logs
  • SBJ 09:45, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 11:01, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:05, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:56, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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Liatris spicata

Inflorescence

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Profile for Liatris spicata (Blazing Star)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 18:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 10:26, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 00:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (from a datestamped photograph)
  • --Luai lashire 17:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:27, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:13, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:04, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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Lonicera x heckrottii

Flower cluster and foliage

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Profile for Lonicera x heckrottii (Flame Honeysuckle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Twining vine
Flowers:in terminal clusters, tubular, red to pink, with orange to yellow throats
Foliage:opposite, sessile, upper leaves clasping the stems
Fruit:bright red drupes
Life Cycle: perennial woody vine
Similar Plants:sometimes confused with L. sempervirens
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 29 April 2008 (from written logs)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 09:31, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

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Physostegia virginiana

Infloresences

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Profile for Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:49, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:49, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (from photograph datestamp)


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Phlox paniculata

Inflorescence of a pink variety

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Profile for Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Corolla tubular with 5 showy lobes
Foliage:Simple
Stem:green, stiff
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 12:18, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 12:50, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

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Cleome hassleriana

Inflorescence and foliage of cv. 'Violet Queen'

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Profile for Cleome hassleriana (Spider Flower)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Stem:Stiff, with sharp thorns, covered in leafy bracts
Fruit:Elongated pods
Life Cycle: Annual
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Dahlia

Flower of cv. 'Autumn Fairy'

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Profile for Dahlia (Dahlia)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:53, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 18:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:16, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


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Hibiscus syriacus

Flowers

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Profile for Hibiscus syriacus (Garden Hibiscus)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Tree or shrub
Foliage:Simple, lobed
Fruit:Dry capsules
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 12:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 09:40, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 09:29, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:53, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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Lycoris squamigera

Flowers

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Profile for Lycoris squamigera (Resurrection Lily)
Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:3 petals and 3 sepals
Foliage:Straplike, basal. Foliage is ephemeral in spring, and not present when flowering.
Recent Logs
  • SBJ 08:05, 25 August 2007 (UTC)


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Anagallis arvensis

Flower and foliage

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Profile for Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Creeping, mat-forming herbaceous plant
Stem:Weak, green
Life Cycle: Annual
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 14:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 12:24, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 10:37, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 11:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:22, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 13:31, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Lonicera sempervirens

Inflorescence and foliage

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Profile for Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Twining woody vine
Flowers:Tubular, red to pink
Foliage:Opposite, clasping the stem near the tips of the branches
Stem:Twining, with exfoliating bark on older stems
Scent:Faint
Fruit:Black drupes
Life Cycle: Woody perennial
Similar Plants:Often confused with Lonicera x heckrottii
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 12:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 00:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (from a datestamped photograph)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 13:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
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last updated 09:24, 18 October 2007 (UTC) with 28 plants

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