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The plants pictured below have been recorded as blooming during the month of October in New Hampshire.

Lycopersicon

Inflorescence

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Profile for Lycopersicon (Tomato)

Identifying Characteristics

[edit] Recent Logs (flowers)

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:05, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
--Jomegat 00:33, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:21, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
--Jomegat 02:56, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:05, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 20:54, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:13, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

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

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Lobelia siphilitica

Inflorescences

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Profile for Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Lobelia)

Identifying Characteristics

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

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Rudbeckia hirta

Flowering plant

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Profile for Rudbeckia hirta (Gloriosa Daisy)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Heads with brown disk florets and yellow or orange rays
Stem:	Hairy
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Similar Plants:	easily confused with Rudbeckia fulgida

[edit] Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:17, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 17:57, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:27, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Trinity507 20:55, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Rudbeckia hirta

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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

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:09, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:56, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 04:01, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late 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

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 21:44, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:52, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 15:48, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 03:48, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 02:48, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Cirsium vulgare

Head

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Profile for Cirsium vulgare (Bull Thistle)

Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:	Heads
Foliage:	Simple, deeply pinnately lobed, sharp spines
Stem:	Covered in sharp spines

[edit] Recent Logs

Hazel 16:40, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 11:12, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
--Jomegat 13:01, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 02:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:03, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
--Jomegat 17:01, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 11:24, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Trinity507 20:53, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
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Salvia splendens

Flowering plants

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Profile for Salvia splendens (Scarlet Sage)

Identifying Characteristics

[edit] Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 07:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-NHAMP 09:18, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:12, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:09, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:28, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

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Securigera varia

Inflorescence

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Profile for Securigera varia (Crown Vetch)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Spreading semi-herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Small, pea-like flowers on a crown-like head
Foliage:	Pinnately compound
Stem:	Thin, wire-like
Life Cycle:	Perennial

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 16 June 2009 (from photos)
Jomegat 20:32, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 14:45, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 04:03, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late 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

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:19, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 03:48, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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Eupatorium perfoliatum

Flowering plant

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Profile for Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect herbaceous plant
Foliage:	Opposite, hairy, clasping the stem
Life Cycle:	Perennial

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 01:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 03:47, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
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Vicia cracca

Inflorescence

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Profile for Vicia cracca (Tufted Vetch)

Identifying Characteristics

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 22:42, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:14, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 02:00, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:24, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 23:43, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 15:48, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 03:48, 2 August 2009 (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

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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

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:17, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 02:48, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

Regional data and additional images for Saponaria officinalis

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)

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 14 July 2009 (from photos)
Jomegat 23:39, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 15:49, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 03:47, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Trinity507 18:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 02:50, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
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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

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 04:03, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:13, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:18, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:45, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 02:48, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid 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

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 27 May 2009 (first sighting of the year)
Jomegat 00:14, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 04:01, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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Trifolium pratense

Inflorescence

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Profile for Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Spreading herbaceous plant
Foliage:	trifoliate with pale zones on the leaflets
Fruit:	tiny legumes
Life Cycle:	perennial

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 22:24, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:25, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:13, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 04:01, 2 August 2009 (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

Regional data and additional images for Trifolium pratense

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

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:00, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:20, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:18, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 23:43, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 03:48, 2 August 2009 (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

Regional data and additional images for Achillea millefolium

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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

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 04:21, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:15, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 02:50, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Linaria vulgaris

Hydrangea macrophylla

Lacecap flower type

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Profile for Hydrangea macrophylla (Bigleaf Hydrangea)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Multistemmed shrub
Foliage:	Opposite, simple

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:53, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 03:48, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

Regional data and additional images for Hydrangea macrophylla

Oenothera

Flower of O. macrocarpa

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Profile for Oenothera (Evening Primrose)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect
Flowers:	Yellow, 4 petals

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 03:13, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 12:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 22:48, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 21:18, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Oenothera

Chenopodium album

Flowering branch

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Profile for Chenopodium album (Lambsquarters, Goosefoot)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	erect herbaceous plant
Stem:	ridged, glaucus
Life Cycle:	perennial

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 04:08, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:23, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:47, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Mollugo verticillata

Mollugo verticillata

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Profile for Mollugo verticillata (Carpetweed)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Creeping
Flowers:	5 petals, white to greenish white.
Foliage:	Whorled leaves, typically 30 mm long, 5 mm wide.
Life Cycle:	Annual
Similar Plants:	Galium triflorum (Fragrant bedstraw) which is very similar, but the flowers have four petals instead of five.

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 30 June, 2008
Jomegat 22:38, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 02:53, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 17:02, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:54, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 11:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 23:29, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:12, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

Regional data and additional images for Mollugo verticillata

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

flowering plants

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Profile for Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting, Rabbit Tobacco)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect
Flowers:	Small clumps in groups of three, look like tiny rabbit feet.
Foliage:	Sessile leaves, ~30 mm long, 5 mm wide.
Scent:	Sweet, reminiscent of corn syrup.
Life Cycle:	Annual, biennial

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:46, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Polygonum pensylvanicum

Polygonum pensylvanicum

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Profile for Polygonum pensylvanicum (Pennsylvania Smartweed)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect
Flowers:	cluster of pink flowers in a spike.
Foliage:	long, narrow leaves with prominent midrib. Veins are parallel to one another, originating at the midrib and progressing towards the edge of the leaf. Margin is entire.
Stem:	Jointed branches are covered with a papery sheath.
Life Cycle:	Annual
Similar Plants:	Easily mistaken for Persicaria maculosa

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:22, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:47, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
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Prunella vulgaris

Prunella vulgaris

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Profile for Prunella vulgaris (Self-heal, Heal-all)

Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:	Violet petals emerge from between a stack of green bracts.
Foliage:	Opposite, with petioles, lanceolate.
Stem:	Hairy, erect, to 40 cm tall
Life Cycle:	Perennial

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 20:36, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:52, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 23:43, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:54, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 15:50, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 03:47, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Mid Fall

Regional data and additional images for Prunella vulgaris

Aster novae-angliae

Head

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Profile for Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect, bushy herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Heads with yellow disk florets and purple (sometimes pink, white, or red) rays
Foliage:	Simple, alternate
Life Cycle:	Perennial

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 23:52, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:16, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 21:47, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 22:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 12:27, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 21:03, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 23:13, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 17:56, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 04:31, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Galium triflorum

Galium triflorum

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Profile for Galium triflorum (Fragrant Bedstraw)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Creeping
Flowers:	Four tiny white petals
Foliage:	Six leaflets in a whorl below the peduncle
Stem:	Square
Fruit:	Single fruiting peduncles rising above basal rosettes.

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:53, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Hamamelis virginiana

Hamamelis virginiana

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Profile for Hamamelis virginiana (Autumn Witch Hazel)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Shrub
Flowers:	The bright yellow flowers grow in clusters, have four parts, and have ribbon-shaped petals about one inch long. H. virginiana blooms in about mid fall and continues until late fall.
Foliage:	Alternate, simple, obovate or oval, four to six inches long, unequal at base, wavy-toothed, acute or rounded at apex. Feather-veined; midrib stout with six to seven pairs of primary veins. They come out of the bud involute, covered with stellate rusty down; when full grown, are dark green above, paler beneath; midrib and veins more or less hairy. In autumn they turn yellow with rusty spots. Petioles stout, half an inch to an inch long. Stipules lanceolate, acute, infolding the buds.
Fruit:	The fruit is a hard woody capsule about ½ an inch long, which explodes and launches two shiny black seeds up to 30 feet when it is mature.

[edit] Recent Logs

Jomegat 01:19, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hypericum perforatum

Closeup of flowers

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Profile for Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect
Flowers:	Yellow, five petaled flowers approximately 20mm across occur between late Spring and early to mid Summer. The flowers appear in in broad cymes at the ends of the upper branches. The sepals are pointed, with glandular dots in the tissue. There are many stamens, which are united at the base into three bundles.
Foliage:	Leaves exhibit obvious translucent dots when held up to the light, giving them a ‘perforated’ appearance, hence the plant's Latin name. The yellow-green leaves are sessile (having no stem), narrow, oblong leaves which are 12mm long or slightly larger.
Stem:	Erect, branched in the upper section, and can grow to 1m high.
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Similar Plants:	Oenothera biennis which has four petals rather than five.