Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/June/Red 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 June.
These plants have the following traits:

Red flowers

Viola

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Profile for Viola (Violet)

Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:	V. labradorica, V. pedata, V. tricolor, V. x wittrockiana

Recent Logs

Trinity507 03:48, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
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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

Rosa

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Profile for Rosa (Rose)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Thorny shrubs
Foliage:	alternate, pinnately compound
Stem:	thorned
Fruit:	small pomes (hips)
Life Cycle:	perennial shrub
Subclass plants:	Rosa canina Rosa multiflora Rosa palustris Rosa rugosa Rosa 'Peace' Rosa 'Pink Knockout'

Recent Logs

Anna reg 06:23, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Anna reg 19:18, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Anna reg 18:14, 19 October 2011 (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 Rosa

Iris

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Profile for Iris (Iris)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

Jomegat 22:24, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Iris

Aquilegia canadensis

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Profile for Aquilegia canadensis (Columbine)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Herbaceous forb
Flowers:	Five points on the top, with five petals below pointing downward.
Foliage:	Leaves are both basal and cauline, lobed and divided.
Stem:	Erect
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

Jomegat 23:21, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:

Regional data and additional images for Aquilegia canadensis

Rumex acetosella

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Profile for Rumex acetosella (Sheepsorrel)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Herbaceous forb
Flowers:	The flowers emerge from a tall, upright stem. Female flowers are maroon in color.
Foliage:	It has green arrowhead-shaped leaves and red-tinted deeply ridged stems, and it sprouts from an aggressive rhizome. The leaves are edible, imparting a pleasing, tart taste, but should not be eaten in large quantities. The tartness is due to the presence of oxalates which are also responsible for its toxicity.
Growing Conditions:	It favors moist soil, so it thrives in floodplains and near marshes
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

Jomegat 1 May 2009 (from photo)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Rumex acetosella

Monarda didyma

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Profile for Monarda didyma (Bee Balm)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	erect, spreading herb
Flowers:	Heads of tubular flowers
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:15, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 16:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 01:00, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
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Regional data and additional images for Monarda didyma

Kniphofia uvaria

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Profile for Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker)

Identifying Characteristics

This page contains recent bloom logs for the plant Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker).

If you saw this plant blooming today (or sometime within the last 3 days), you can help improve the bloom clock by logging it. Just click on "edit" next to the Recent Logs heading, add *~~~~ (an asterisk followed by four tildes) on a new line just below the last signature, and then click "save page". This will add your signature and the date to log the plant.

Please make sure you've signed up on the contributors' page so that we can know the location of the plant you saw blooming and use your contribution to create a flora for your region! When you're done, you can go back to one of the main pages and find logs of other flowers you might have seen today.

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:36, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Archived Logs

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Regional data and additional images for Kniphofia uvaria

Begonia

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Profile for Begonia (Begonia)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 19:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 08:43, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:34, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 18:36, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
HortMan 11:06, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:47, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Begonia

Hemerocallis

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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

Recent Logs

Jomegat 04:43, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:48, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

Regional data and additional images for Hemerocallis

Calycanthus floridus

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Profile for Calycanthus floridus (Sweetshrub)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Multistemmed shrub
Foliage:	Opposite, simple
Scent:	spicy scent from crushed parts, flowers strongly and sweetly fragrant
Life Cycle:	perennial shrub

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 12:41, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 16:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Calycanthus floridus

Hesperis matronalis

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Profile for Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright forb
Flowers:	4 showy petals
Scent:	Strong, sweet scent in early morning and evening

Recent Logs

Jomegat 04:13, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:19, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall

Regional data and additional images for Hesperis matronalis

Kalmia latifolia

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Profile for Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SBJ 21:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:37, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:11, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Kalmia latifolia

Geranium

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Profile for Geranium (True Geraniums)

Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:	5 petals
Foliage:	palmately veined
Subclass plants:	G. macrorrhizum G. maculatum G. phaeum G. pratense G. pyrenaicum G.robertianum G. x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 11:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:51, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Anna reg, 1 May 2010 (Photo, cultivar)
Anna reg 13:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Regional data and additional images for Geranium

Viola tricolor

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Profile for Viola tricolor (Heartsease, Johnny-jump-up)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:44, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 02:19, 1 June 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 Viola tricolor

Antirrhinum majus

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Profile for Antirrhinum majus (Snapdragon)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright herbaceous plant
Foliage:	Simple, opposite

Recent Logs

SortaQuiet 03:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 08:49, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Ngravagna 21:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:05, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 19:59, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 17:23, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 19:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 22:51, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Antirrhinum majus

Lonicera x heckrottii

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Profile for Lonicera x heckrottii (Flame Honeysuckle)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Twining vine
Flowers:	in terminal clusters, tubular, red to pink, with orange to yellow throats
Foliage:	opposite, sessile, upper leaves clasping the stems
Fruit:	bright red drupes
Life Cycle:	perennial woody vine
Similar Plants:	sometimes confused with L. sempervirens

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 29 April 2008 (from written logs)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:31, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

Regional data and additional images for Lonicera x heckrottii

Paeonia

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Profile for Paeonia (Peony)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 14:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 10:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
SBJ 11:09, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Anna reg 10:43, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Paeonia

Aquilegia x hybrida

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Profile for Aquilegia x hybrida (Garden Columbine)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--Anna gdf 11:54, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Anna reg 19:15, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Aquilegia x hybrida

Rhododendron

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Profile for Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and Azaleas)

Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:	R. calendulaceum, R. catawbiense, R. maximum, R. molle, R. prinophyllum, R. subsp. vireya, R. 'Delaware Valley White', R. 'Girard's Crimson', R. 'Hershey's Red', R. 'PJM', R. 'Pleasant White', R. 'Roseum Elegans',