Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/April/Purple Flowers

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This page is part of a dichotomous key for plants recorded as blooming in Southeastern Pennsylvania during the month of April.
These plants have the following traits:

  • Purple flowers

Vinca minor

flowers and young foliage

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Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: prostrate vine, rooting at the nodes
Flowers: trumpet-shaped
Foliage: simple, opposite, evergreen
Life Cycle: perennial
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Vinca minor

Tulipa

flowering plants

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Profile for Tulipa (Tulip)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Tulipa

Muscari armeniacum

Flowering plants

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Profile for Muscari armeniacum (Grape Hyacinth)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Muscari armeniacum

Lamium purpureum

Plant colony

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Profile for Lamium purpureum (Deadnettle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Low, spreading herbaceous plant , flowering stems rising above the foliage
Flowers: Tubular, 2-lipped, pink or purple
Foliage: Reddish or purplish in early spring, fading to green as the season warms
Stem: square in cross section, densely covered by the leaves
Life Cycle: Winter annual
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Lamium purpureum

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Glechoma hederacea

Closeup of flowers and terminal leaves

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Profile for Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Mat-forming herb
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Glechoma hederacea

Crocus

Flowering plants

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Profile for Crocus (Crocus)
Identifying Characteristics
[edit] Recent Logs
  • Ngravagna 06:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 19:27, 25 March 2009 (UTC) (first bloom of the year!)
  • Jomegat 23:54, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 03:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 16:58, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 19:43, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
  • Jomegat 16:59, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


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Rhododendron

Flowers

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Profile for Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and Azaleas)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Regional data and additional images for Rhododendron

Hyacinthus orientalis

Flowering plant (color typical of the wild species)

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Profile for Hyacinthus orientalis (Common Hyacinth)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Hyacinthus orientalis

Magnolia 'Susan'

Magnolia Susan1.jpg

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Profile for Magnolia 'Susan' (Magnolia)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Magnolia 'Susan'

Lamium

flowers of L. orvala

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Profile for Lamium (Deadnettle)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants: L. album, L. purpureum
[edit] Recent Logs
  • SB_Johnny-LM 27 April, 2007 (from photographic log) (unidentified cultivar)


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

Regional data and additional images for Lamium

Vinca sardoa

Vinca sardoa 001.JPG

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Profile for Vinca sardoa (Vinca)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Vinca sardoa

Epimedium

Illustration of E. alpinum

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Profile for Epimedium (Barrenwort)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants: E. leptorhizum'
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring

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Rhododendron 'PJM'

Flowering plant (a bit past its prime)

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Profile for Rhododendron 'PJM' (PJM Rhododendron)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Rhododendron 'PJM'

Fritillaria meleagris

two varieties

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Profile for Fritillaria meleagris (Snake's Head)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Fritillaria meleagris

Erica carnea

flowers of a purple variety

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Profile for Erica carnea (Heath)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Low-growing, spreading shrub
Foliage: Awn-shaped, small, evergreen
[edit] Recent Logs
  • SBJ 13:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 09:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 09:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 14:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 10:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


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

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Viola

Viola cornuta, a species of Viola

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Profile for Viola (Violet)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants: BCP/Viola labradorica, BCP/Viola pedata, BCP/Viola tricolor, BCP/Viola x wittrockiana
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

Regional data and additional images for Viola

Epimedium leptorhizum

flowers

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Profile for Epimedium leptorhizum (Barrenwort)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring

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Phlox sublata

flowering plant

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Profile for Phlox subulata (Moss phlox)
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Ngravagna 18:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Phlox subulata

Helleborus x hybridus

Red flowers (flowers range from whie through purple)

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Profile for Helleborus x hybridus (Hybrid Hellebore)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Low herbaceous plant
Foliage: Primarily basal, palmately lobed, evergreen
Fruit: Dry capsules
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

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Viola x wittrockiana

A Purple-flowered variety

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Profile for Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Short-lived, low-growing perennial, with mostly cool season blooms
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

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Cercis canadensis

Flowering tree

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Profile for Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Small tree with a horizontal branching habit
Flowers: Small clusters of pea-like flowers, borne on the stems and even trunks
Foliage: Heart-shaped
Stem: Zig-zagging
Fruit: flattened pods
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring

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Lunaria annua

Inflorescence and upper leaves

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Profile for Lunaria annua (Honesty)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Erect herbaceous plant
Life Cycle: Biennial
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring

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Nepeta x faassenii

Inflorescence

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Profile for Nepeta x faassenii (Catmint)
Identifying Characteristics
Flowers: On spikes, tubular, blue through pale purple.
Stem: Square in cross section
Life Cycle: Perennial
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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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Ajuga reptans

A purple-leaved variety in flower

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Profile for Ajuga reptans (Bungleweed)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Ajuga reptans

Scilla siberica

Blue-flowered plants in bloom

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Profile for Scilla siberica (Siberian Squill)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Scilla siberica

Chionodoxa

Closeup of flowers

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Profile for Chionodoxa (Glory of the Snow)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring

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Geranium maculatum

Plant in bloom

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Profile for Geranium maculatum (Blue Wood Geranium)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Geranium maculatum

Syringa vulgaris

A purple-flowered variety

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Profile for Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)
Identifying Characteristics
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring

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Last updated 12:10, 27 April 2008 (UTC) from the DPL page with 28 plants.
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