Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/January/All

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

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

Regional data and additional images for Helleborus niger

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

Regional data and additional images for Taraxacum officinale

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

Jomegat 16:41, 18 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 Fall

Regional data and additional images for Senecio vulgaris

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

Regional data and additional images for Lonicera x heckrottii

Cardamine hirsuta

Plant in flower

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Profile for Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Wintercress)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low, mat-forming herbaceous plant
Flowers:	4 petals, flowers in clusters on top of stems, often blooming and setting fruit at the same time
Foliage:	bippately compound, purplish during cold weather
Scent:	bitter scent from crushed leaves
Growing Conditions:	any disturbed soil
Life Cycle:	annual or biennial

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny ^talk 11:07, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Sb f 20:47, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

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Galanthus nivalis

Plant in flower

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Profile for Galanthus nivalis (Common Snowdrop)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low growing plant emerging from underground bulbs
Foliage:	Straplike, often bluish
Stem:	floral scapes only, round
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

Anna reg 18:38, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Anna reg 14:57, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:35, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Luai lashire 23:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Luai lashire 00:52, 10 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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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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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Hamamelis x intermedia

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

Sb f 16:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid 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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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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Helleborus x hybridus

Red flowers (flowers range from whie through purple)

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Profile for Helleborus x hybridus (Hybrid Hellebore)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low herbaceous plant
Foliage:	Primarily basal, palmately lobed, evergreen
Fruit:	Dry capsules
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

Anna reg 18:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 19:13, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 00:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Helleborus x hybridus

(last updated 15:21, 11 October 2007 (UTC) with 11 plants)

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