Bloom Clock/Keys/Central Pennsylvania/September/All

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


Aster divaricatus

Heads

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Profile for Aster divaricatus (White wood aster)
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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
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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)
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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


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


Sedum spectabile

Inflorescence

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Profile for Sedum spectabile (Showy Stonecrop)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Fall, Mid 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
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall


Solanum dulcamara

Flower and fruits

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Profile for Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet, Bitter Nightshade, Blue Bindweed, Climbing Nightshade)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Twining, semi-woody vine
Flowers:Purple with yellow centers
Scent:Unpleasant aroma from vegetative parts
Fruit:Berries which are red when ripe
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): 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
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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
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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
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall, Late Fall


Aster lateriflorus

Illustration

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Profile for Aster lateriflorus (Calico Aster)
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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
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


Lavandula angustifolia

Flowering plant

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Profile for Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:dense subshrub or herb
Flowers:Spikes of tubular flowers
Foliage:narrow, hairy
Scent:Distinct lavander scent from flowers and foliage
Life Cycle: Perennial shrub
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Mid Fall, Late 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
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall


Rudbeckia triloba

Flowers covering plant

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Profile for Rudbeckia triloba (Browneyed Susan)
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Habit:upright forb, freely branching
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last updated 08:49, 14 October 2007 (UTC) with 19 plants