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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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Liatris spicata

Inflorescence

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Profile for Liatris spicata (Blazing Star)
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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
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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

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

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

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

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