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

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


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

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Buddleja davidii

Inflorescence

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Profile for Buddleja davidii (Butterfly Bush)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Arching shrub
Foliage: Simple, rough, opposite
Stem: Hollow pith
Scent: Flowers are sweetly scented
Fruit: Dry capsules
Life Cycle: Perennial shrub
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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

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Lagerstroemia indica

Inflorescences and foliage

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Profile for Lagerstroemia indica (Crape Myrtle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Large shrub or small tree
Foliage: simple
Fruit: Dry, persistent capsule
Life Cycle: perennial shrub or tree
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early 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
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid 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): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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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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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): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Cirsium arvense

Heads

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Profile for Cirsium arvense (Canada Thistle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Spreading herbaceous plant
Flowers: Heads
Foliage: Spiny
Stem: Spiny
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Callicarpa

Flowers on a branch of C. bodnieri

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Profile for Callicarpa (Beautyberry)
Identifying Characteristics
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  • SBJ 08:26, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 11:32, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 08:08, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 18:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:02, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Eupatorium purpureum

Inflorescence

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Profile for Eupatorium purpureum (Joe Pye weed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers: Heads held in large domed clusters
Life Cycle: Perennial
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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
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

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Petunia x hybrida

Flowers

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Profile for Petunia x hybrida (Petunia)
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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
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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
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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Arctium lappa

Heads

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Profile for Arctium lappa (Burdock)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: erect, branching
Foliage: Simple, hairy
Fruit: Large burs which stick to clothing and fur
Life Cycle: Biennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Lythrum salicaria

Flowering plant

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Profile for Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: bushy herbaceous plant
Growing Conditions: Most frequent in wet soils, though also widely cultivated in gardens
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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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
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Coleus

Flowering spike

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Profile for Coleus (Coleus)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: shrublike
Flowers: spikes of tubular flowers
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Dahlia

Flower of cv. 'Autumn Fairy'

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Profile for Dahlia (Dahlia)
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Lycoris squamigera

Flowers

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Profile for Lycoris squamigera (Resurrection Lily)
Identifying Characteristics
Flowers: 3 petals and 3 sepals
Foliage: Straplike, basal. Foliage is ephemeral in spring, and not present when flowering.
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Salvia sclarea

Flowering plant

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Profile for Salvia sclarea (Sage)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: erect herbaceous plant
Flowers: tubular, 2-lipped, white
Life Cycle: biennial
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Liatris spicata

Inflorescence

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Profile for Liatris spicata (Blazing Star)
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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
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Vernonia noveboracensis

Closeup of flowerheads

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Profile for Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Erect herbaceous plant
Flowers: Heads, purple
Foliage: Simple
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

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Salvia verticillata

Inflorescences

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Profile for Salvia verticillata (Salvia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Clump forming herb
Flowers: tubular, on spikes
Foliage: opposite, simple
Stem: Square in cross section
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall

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Cleome hassleriana

Inflorescence and foliage of cv. 'Violet Queen'

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Profile for Cleome hassleriana (Spider Flower)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Upright herbaceous plant
Stem: Stiff, with sharp thorns, covered in leafy bracts
Fruit: Elongated pods
Life Cycle: Annual
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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
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

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Hibiscus syriacus

Flowers

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Profile for Hibiscus syriacus (Garden Hibiscus)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit: Tree or shrub
Foliage: Simple, lobed
Fruit: Dry capsules
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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): Late Spring, Mid Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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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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Melissa officinalis