Bloom Clock/Keys/Central Pennsylvania/August/White Flowers

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


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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Global data:
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
Recent Logs

Global data:
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
Recent Logs

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


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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Global data:
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)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 19:01, 18 July 2021 (UTC)


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


Liatris spicata

Inflorescence

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Profile for Liatris spicata (Blazing Star)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 01:45, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
  • --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 19:07, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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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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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall


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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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)
  • Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 19:00, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Late Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


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


last updated 09:05, 14 October 2007 (UTC) with 16 plants