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

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

Note: Because many species have variation in flower color, some of the photographs on this page show flowers of a different color than purple. In most cases, the "typical" (most common) color is shown here.

Trifolium pratense

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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

Recent Logs

Anna reg 19:17, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Anna reg 18:13, 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 Trifolium pratense

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

Thymus 'Spicy Orange'

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Profile for Thymus 'Spicy Orange' (Spicy Orange Thyme)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Creeping semi-woody plant
Foliage:	Awn-shaped, evergreen, strongly scented
Scent:	Strong thyme scent from foliage
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 23:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 14:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Thymus 'Spicy Orange'

Paulownia tomentosa

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Profile for Paulownia tomentosa (Princess Tree)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

Anna reg 13:46, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Anna reg 10:47, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Paulownia tomentosa

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',

Recent Logs

Jomegat 18:28, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 22:52, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:13, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Anna reg 13:41, 10 April 2011 (Photo)
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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

Lamium purpureum

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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

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Chemgym 12:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:01, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
--Juan Pisek 14:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Lamium purpureum

Vinca minor

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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

Recent Logs

Anna reg 13:04, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
Jomegat 20 Apr 2010 (from photos)
Anna reg 11:53, 27 March 2011 (UTC) (sporadic)
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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

Cercis canadensis

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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

Recent Logs

Jomegat 01:29, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Newnan75 05:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Cercis canadensis

Allium schoenoprasum

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Profile for Allium schoenoprasum (Chives)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Grasslike herbaceous plant
Foliage:	Tubular
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

Cormaggio ^talk 15:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:20, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 01:09, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 00:33, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Regional data and additional images for Allium schoenoprasum

Wisteria sinensis

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Profile for Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SBJ 12:05, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 10:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Wisteria sinensis

Lunaria annua

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Profile for Lunaria annua (Honesty)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect herbaceous plant
Life Cycle:	Biennial

Recent Logs

SB_Johnny-LM 27 April, 2007 (from photographic log)
SB_Johnny-LM May 13 2007 (from photographs)
SB Johnny-LM 20:23, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
SB_Johnny-LM 10:58, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Chemgym 16:11, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Chemgym 12:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Lunaria annua

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

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

Syringa vulgaris

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Profile for Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

Anna gdf 17:08, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Anna reg 12:22, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Anna reg 11:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Syringa vulgaris

Iris sibirica

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Profile for Iris sibirica (Siberian Iris)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 19:50, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:21, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Iris sibirica

Glechoma hederacea

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Profile for Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Mat-forming herb

Recent Logs

Jomegat 22:23, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 04:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Anna gdf 17:15, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Glechoma hederacea

Geranium maculatum

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Profile for Geranium maculatum (Blue Wood Geranium)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 9 May 2007 (from photographs)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 00:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC)*
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:04, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC) (still in full bloom, forgot to log earlier this month)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:58, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Regional data and additional images for Geranium maculatum

Tradescantia

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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

2009 Logs

Jomegat 11 May 2009 (from photo)
Jomegat 00:11, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Tradescantia

last updated 10:07, 19 October 2007 (UTC) with 17 plants