Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/February/All

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This page is part of a dichotomous key for plants recorded as blooming in Southeastern Pennsylvania during the month of February.

Spiraea thunbergii

Flowers and foliage

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Profile for Spiraea thunbergii (Spiraea)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Arching, multistemmed shrub
Flowers:Small white flowers in axillary cluseters.
Foliage:Narrow, threadlike
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 00:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 00:23, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


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

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Forsythia x intermedia

blooming plant

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Profile for Forsythia x intermedia (Garden Forsythia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:suckering shrub
Flowers:4-petaled, yellow
Foliage:Simple, opposite, serrate margins, emerging about 1/2-way through full bloom
Stem:hollow pith
Recent Logs
  • --Jomegat 01:16, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 18:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
  • --Anna reg 12:01, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • --Anna reg 15:15, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
  • --Anna reg 08:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

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Hamamelis x intermedia

Cv. 'Jelena' in bloom

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Profile for Hamamelis x intermedia (Hybrid Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Large shrub or small tree, vase-shaped
Flowers:4 thread-like, showy petals
Foliage:simple, alternate, uneven at the base
Stem:zig-zag branches
Subclass plants:Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise', Hamamelis 'Diane', Hamamelis 'Jelena', Hamamelis 'Sunburst'
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • --Luai lashire 17:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring

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Helleborus niger

Flowers in winter

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Profile for Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:low herb or subshrub
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC) (most flowers fading to pink)


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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring

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Stellaria media

Flower

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Profile for Stellaria media (Common Chickweed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Creeping, mat-forming herb
Flowers:Small, white
Life Cycle: Annual
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 00:13, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
  • In w:Barcelona. --Pere prlpz (discuss • contribs) 21:31, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring. Late Spring, Early Summer, Late Fall, Early Winter

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Senecio vulgaris

Stems and flowers

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Profile for Senecio vulgaris (Common Groundsel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low growing but upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Enclosed heads
Recent Logs

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

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Symplocarpus foetidus

Spathe

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Profile for Symplocarpus foetidus (Eastern Skunk Cabbage)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Colonizing herbaceous plant
Flowers:spathe and spadix
Foliage:basal, very large
Scent:strong unpleasant odor from all parts
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs

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

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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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Helleborus foetidus

Closeup of flower, note that the anthers are present while in bloom

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Profile for Helleborus foetidus (Stinking Hellebore)
Identifying Characteristics
Foliage:evergreen, palmately divided
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:52, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 14:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
  • HortMan 11:00, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


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

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Last updated 10:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC) from the DPL page with 9 plants.
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