Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/August/Blue Flowers

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

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

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Lobelia siphilitica

Inflorescences

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Profile for Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Lobelia)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • --Jomegat 19 July, 2008 (from photo)
  • --Jomegat 26 July, 2008 (from photo)
  • Jomegat 20:32, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 22:36, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Verbena hastata

Inflorescence

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Profile for Verbena hastata (Vervain)
Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:Several spikes of tiny, purple, 5-petalled flowers branch from a central stem.
Foliage:Deeply veined with toothed margins. Lanceolate.
Stem:Erect
Life Cycle: Biennial, Perennial
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Agastache foeniculum

Inflorescences

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Profile for Agastache foeniculum (Wild Hyssop)
Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:Small tubular flowers on an upright spike
Foliage:simple, opposite
Stem:Square in cross section
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 08:45, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 13:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 10:28, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 08:47, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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Veronicastrum sibiricum

Inflorescence

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Profile for Veronicastrum sibiricum (Veronicastrum)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:46, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:46, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:03, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Ipomoea hederacea

Flower

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Profile for Ipomoea hederacea (Ivy-leaved morning glory)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Twining vine
Flowers:Trumpet shaped, blue, usually open only in the morning
Foliage:Palmaely lobed
Life Cycle: Annual
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | PA! 15:12, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:10, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 00:13, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 08:27, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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Myosotis

Inflorescence

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Profile for Myosotis (Forget-me-not)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Sprawling herbaceous plant
Foliage:Simple
Recent Logs

--Anna gdf 11:24, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Commelina communis

Flower and foliage

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Profile for Commelina communis (Asiatic Dayflower)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Sprawling herbaceous plant
Foliage:Simple, with linear veins
Life Cycle: annual
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 08:22, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 12:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 13:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:50, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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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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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Salvia guaranitica

Flowering plant

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Profile for Salvia guaranitica (Anise Sage)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Tubular
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:14, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 00:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (from a datestamped photograph)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:40, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 07:36, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:27, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


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Veronicastrum virginicum

Inflorescence

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Profile for Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)
Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:On dense spikes
Life Cycle: Perennial

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last updated 09:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC) with 11 plants

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