< Bloom Clock < Keys < Central Pennsylvania < August

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


Aster divaricatus

Heads

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Profile for Aster divaricatus (White wood aster)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 23:49, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 00:09, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 21:38, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 22:44, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 12:27, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 09:12, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 21:02, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 23:12, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 18:12, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall


Torenia fournieri

Flowers

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Profile for Torenia fournieri (Wishbone Flower)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low growing herbaceous plant
Foliage:simple, opposite
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:07, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 08:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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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)
  • User:TristanDolciano 01:28, 25 Aug 2019 (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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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


Daucus carota

Umbel

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Profile for Daucus carota (Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Umbels of white flowers, with one dark red to black flower in the center.
Foliage:Pinnatifid
Life Cycle: Biennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall


Erigeron annuus

Heads

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Profile for Erigeron annuus (Fleabane)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Heads with yellow disk florets and white ray florets
Life Cycle: Annual
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer


Cirsium arvense

Heads

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Profile for Cirsium arvense (Canada Thistle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Spreading herbaceous plant
Flowers:Heads
Foliage:Spiny
Stem:Spiny
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:02, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 01:27, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 00:52, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 23:39, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


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


Cichorium intybus

Heads

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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


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


Trifolium repens

Inflorescence

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Profile for Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low, spreading herbaceous plant
Foliage:Trifoliate
Stem:Creeping, rooting at the nodes
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • Trinity507 03:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 23:06, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall


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


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


Saponaria officinalis

A white-flowered variety

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Profile for Saponaria officinalis (Soapwort)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Scent:Flowers are sweetly scented
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 11:20, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 12:31, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall


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


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


Achillea millefolium

Heads

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Profile for Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright, clump-forming
Flowers:Heads
Foliage:Pinnatifid
Life Cycle: Perennial


Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 14:59, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

TristanDolciano *˜˜˜12:00, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall


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


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


Arctium lappa

Heads

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Profile for Arctium lappa (Burdock)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:erect, branching
Foliage:Simple, hairy
Fruit:Large burs which stick to clothing and fur
Life Cycle: Biennial
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 12:43, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:44, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 22:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 19:09, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 13:36, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 08:22, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


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
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 00:41, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 17:05, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 02:36, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 17:03, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 17:44, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 18:18, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 19:42, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 22:40, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 17:41, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 05:00, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer


Hosta

Flowers of cv. 'Blue Crinkles'

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Profile for Hosta (Hosta)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Clump-forming herbaceous plant
Flowers:tubular
Foliage:Basal
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 27 May 2010 (from photo)
  • Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 22:48, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 17:37, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 15:52, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 03:00, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
  • Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 20:06, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Late Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


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


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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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)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 01:45, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
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Impatiens pallida

Flower and buds

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Profile for Impatiens pallida (Pale Jewelweed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Erect herbaceous plant
Stem:Green, glaucus, full of a watery sap
Growing Conditions:Moist soils
Fruit:explosive capsules
Life Cycle: Annual
Similar Plants:indistinguishable from Impatiens capensis when flowers are not present


Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 12:04, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 18:45, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 09:30, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


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Plantago major

Flowering spike

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Profile for Plantago major (Broadleaf Plantain)
Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:On dense spikes
Foliage:Basal, rounded with prominent veins
Growing Conditions:Common on compacted soil
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 00:16, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 00:55, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 03:47, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
  • l_d_allan 20:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer


Tanacetum parthenium

Heads

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Profile for Tanacetum parthenium (Feverfew)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Erect, bushy herbaceous plant
Flowers:Heads with yellow centers and white rays
Foliage:Simple, pinnately lobed
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 08:13, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 07:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 00:38, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:44, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:33, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 08:35, 24 September 2008 (UTC)



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


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


last updated 08:11, 14 October 2007 (UTC) with 30 plants

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