Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/May/Purple Flowers

< Bloom Clock < Keys < Southeastern Pennsylvania < May

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

Note: Because many species have variation in flower color, some of the photographs on this page show flowers of a different color than purple. In most cases, the "typical" (most common) color is shown here.

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

Regional data and additional images for Trifolium pratense


Hesperis matronalis

Closeup of purple flowers, flowers can range from white through pink, purple, or red

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Profile for Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright forb
Flowers:4 showy petals
Scent:Strong, sweet scent in early morning and evening
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 04:13, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 00:19, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall

Regional data and additional images for Hesperis matronalis

Thymus 'Spicy Orange'

Flowering plant

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Profile for Thymus 'Spicy Orange' (Spicy Orange Thyme)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Creeping semi-woody plant
Foliage:Awn-shaped, evergreen, strongly scented
Scent:Strong thyme scent from foliage
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 23:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 14:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 13:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Thymus 'Spicy Orange'

Paulownia tomentosa

Flowers and foliage

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Profile for Paulownia tomentosa (Princess Tree)
Identifying Characteristics


Recent Logs

  • Anna reg 13:46, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 10:47, 9 May 2011 (UTC)


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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Paulownia tomentosa

Rhododendron

Flowers

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Profile for Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and Azaleas)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:R. calendulaceum,

R. catawbiense,
R. maximum,
R. molle,
R. prinophyllum,
R. subsp. vireya,
R. 'Delaware Valley White',
R. 'Girard's Crimson',
R. 'Hershey's Red',
R. 'PJM',
R. 'Pleasant White',

R. 'Roseum Elegans',
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 18:28, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 22:52, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 00:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 00:13, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 13:41, 10 April 2011 (Photo)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Regional data and additional images for Rhododendron

Lamium purpureum

Plant colony

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Profile for Lamium purpureum (Deadnettle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low, spreading herbaceous plant , flowering stems rising above the foliage
Flowers:Tubular, 2-lipped, pink or purple
Foliage:Reddish or purplish in early spring, fading to green as the season warms
Stem:square in cross section, densely covered by the leaves
Life Cycle: Winter annual
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 12:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Chemgym 12:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:01, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
  • --Juan Pisek 14:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Lamium purpureum


Vinca minor

flowers and young foliage

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Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:prostrate vine, rooting at the nodes
Flowers:trumpet-shaped
Foliage:simple, opposite, evergreen
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • Anna reg 13:04, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 20 Apr 2010 (from photos)
  • Anna reg 11:53, 27 March 2011 (UTC) (sporadic)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Vinca minor


Cercis canadensis

Flowering tree

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Profile for Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Small tree with a horizontal branching habit
Flowers:Small clusters of pea-like flowers, borne on the stems and even trunks
Foliage:Heart-shaped
Stem:Zig-zagging
Fruit:flattened pods
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 01:29, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Cercis canadensis

Allium schoenoprasum

Flowering plant

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Profile for Allium schoenoprasum (Chives)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Grasslike herbaceous plant
Foliage:Tubular
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • Cormaggio talk 15:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 12:20, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Regional data and additional images for Allium schoenoprasum

Wisteria sinensis

Flowers

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Profile for Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • SBJ 12:05, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 10:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)


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

Regional data and additional images for Wisteria sinensis

Lunaria annua

Inflorescence and upper leaves

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Profile for Lunaria annua (Honesty)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Erect herbaceous plant
Life Cycle: Biennial
Recent Logs
  • SB_Johnny-LM 27 April, 2007 (from photographic log)
  • SB_Johnny-LM May 13 2007 (from photographs)
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:23, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  • SB_Johnny-LM 10:58, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Chemgym 16:11, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Chemgym 12:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


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

Regional data and additional images for Lunaria annua

Aquilegia x hybrida

Flowers of a pink variety

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Profile for Aquilegia x hybrida (Garden Columbine)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • --Anna gdf 11:54, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 19:15, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Aquilegia x hybrida

Iris

Flower of Iris versicolor

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Profile for Iris (Iris)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs

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

Regional data and additional images for Iris

Syringa vulgaris

A purple-flowered variety

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Profile for Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • Anna gdf 17:08, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 12:22, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 11:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Syringa vulgaris

Iris sibirica

Flowers

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Profile for Iris sibirica (Siberian Iris)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 19:50, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 12:21, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


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

Regional data and additional images for Iris sibirica

Glechoma hederacea

Closeup of flowers and terminal leaves

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Profile for Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Mat-forming herb
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 22:23, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 04:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Anna gdf 17:15, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Glechoma hederacea


Geranium maculatum

Plant in bloom

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Profile for Geranium maculatum (Blue Wood Geranium)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 9 May 2007 (from photographs)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 00:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC)*
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 12:04, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 13:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC) (still in full bloom, forgot to log earlier this month)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 08:58, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Geranium maculatum

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

Regional data and additional images for Tradescantia

last updated 10:07, 19 October 2007 (UTC) with 17 plants

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