Bloom Clock/Keys/Southwest Oregon/August/All

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

Melissa officinalis

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Profile for Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Spreading herb
Flowers:	Tubular, white
Foliage:	Simple, opposite, dark green but cv. 'Aurea' has yellow leaves, and is common in gardens
Stem:	Square in cross-section
Scent:	Strong citrus scent from foliage
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 11:14, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 12:50, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 09:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Hazel 16:53, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:30, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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Eschscholzia californica

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Profile for Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

Hazel 17:56, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Ngravagna 16:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 17:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Bastique 00:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Bastique 22:01, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

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Centaurea cyanus

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Profile for Centaurea cyanus (Bachelor's Button)

Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:	Blue heads
Foliage:	strap shaped
Life Cycle:	annual

2007 Logs

Hazel 16:40, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 14:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

2008 Logs

Ngravagna 16:46, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 17:04, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 20:03, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 17:19, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

2010 Logs

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Recent Logs

Anna reg 10:50, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

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Centaurea solstitialis

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Profile for Centaurea solstitialis (Yellow Star Thistle)

Identifying Characteristics

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Cirsium vulgare

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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

Recent Logs

Trinity507 20:53, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
--Anna reg 12:45, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
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Daucus carota

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Profile for Daucus carota (Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Umbels of white flowers, with one dark red to black flower in the center.
Foliage:	Pinnatifid
Life Cycle:	Biennial

Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:06, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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Verbascum thapsus

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Profile for Verbascum thapsus (Mullein)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Yellow with 5 petals arranged in clusters on a spike produced in the second year.
Foliage:	Rosettes, hairy, thick.
Life Cycle:	Biennial

Recent Logs

Jomegat 19:42, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

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Verbascum blattaria

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Profile for Verbascum blattaria (Moth Mullein)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:34, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:42, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall

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Solanum dulcamara

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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

Recent Logs

Jomegat 11:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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Cichorium intybus

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Profile for Cichorium intybus (Chicory)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect perennial, foliage primarily basal but with some cauline leaves
Flowers:	Radiate heads, both disk and ray florets typically blue but sometimes white
Life Cycle:	perennial
Similar Plants:	Basal foliage in spring is often mistaken for Taraxacum officinale

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:47, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 13:40, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:44, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
--Bridget barcode 13:23, 21 July 2009
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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