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

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


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


Rudbeckia fulgida

Plant covered in flowers

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Profile for Rudbeckia fulgida (Blackeyed Susan, Orange Coneflower)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:colonizing herbaceous plant
Flowers:Heads with cone-shaped black disks and orange rays
Foliage:simple, rough to the touch
Stem:Freely branching
Life Cycle: perennial
Similar Plants:Sometimes confused with Rudbeckia hirta
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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


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


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


Monarda didyma

Head of a pink-flowered variety

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Profile for Monarda didyma (Bee Balm)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:erect, spreading herb
Flowers:Heads of tubular flowers
Life Cycle: perennial
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Cucurbita maxima

Illustration

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Profile for Cucurbita maxima (Winter Squash)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:tendrilled vine
Flowers:trumpet shaped
Foliage:large, one leaf on each node, but with a tendril opposite each leaf
Stem:hairy, green, stout
Fruit:pepo
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


Anagallis arvensis

Flower and foliage

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Profile for Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Creeping, mat-forming herbaceous plant
Stem:Weak, green
Life Cycle: Annual
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer


Belamcanda chinensis

Flower and foliage

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Profile for Belamcanda chinensis (Blackberry Lily)
Identifying Characteristics
Foliage:Blade-shaped, clasping the stems
Stem:Round, stiff
Fruit:clusters of black fleshy fruits resembling a blackberry
Life Cycle: Perennial
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Dahlia

Flower of cv. 'Autumn Fairy'

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Profile for Dahlia (Dahlia)
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Rudbeckia triloba

Flowers covering plant

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Profile for Rudbeckia triloba (Browneyed Susan)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:upright forb, freely branching
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Asclepias curassavica

Inflorescence

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Profile for Asclepias curassavica (Milkweed)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall


Asclepias tuberosa

Inflorescence of a yellow-flowered form

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Profile for Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plant
Stem:hairy
Life Cycle: Perennial
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last updated 09:31, 18 October 2007 (UTC) with 13 plants