Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/October/Pink Flowers

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

Zinnia violacea

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Profile for Zinnia violacea (Zinnia)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:18, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:12, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:24, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

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Regional data and additional images for Zinnia violacea

Viola x wittrockiana

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Profile for Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Short-lived, low-growing perennial, with mostly cool season blooms
Higher taxa:	Viola

Recent Logs

--Anna reg 12:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Anna reg 12:01, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Anna reg 16:35, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

Regional data and additional images for Viola x wittrockiana

Trifolium arvense

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Profile for Trifolium arvense (Rabbit's-foot Clover)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Low, spreading herb
Foliage:	Trifoliate
Growing Conditions:	Gritty, acidic soils

Recent Logs

Jomegat 22:58, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Mid Fall

Regional data and additional images for Trifolium arvense

Sedum spectabile

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Profile for Sedum spectabile (Showy Stonecrop)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--Luai lashire 21:40, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 18:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 21:56, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 17:30, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 23:22, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 20:44, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
HortMan 01:22, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:24, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Fall, Mid Fall

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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

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Chrysanthemum x morifolium

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Profile for Chrysanthemum x morifolium (Hardy Chrysanthemum, Mum)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 18:35, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 13:11, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 18:49, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
--Juan 15:58, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Chrysanthemum x morifolium

Phlox paniculata

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Profile for Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Corolla tubular with 5 showy lobes
Foliage:	Simple
Stem:	green, stiff
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 12:18, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 12:50, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
˜˜˜˜ TristanDolciano 16:30, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

Regional data and additional images for Phlox paniculata

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

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

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Persicaria maculosa

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Profile for Persicaria maculosa (Lady's Thumb)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect herbaceous plant
Flowers:	On dense terminal spikes with a pink calyx and white corolla
Foliage:	Simple
Life Cycle:	Annual

Recent Logs

--Luai lashire 18:31, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 14:12, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 20:45, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:08, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:01, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 07:32, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:22, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

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

Regional data and additional images for Persicaria maculosa

Polygonum sagittatum

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Profile for Polygonum sagittatum (Arrowleaf tearthumb)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 11:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
--Jomegat 00:07, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:12, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 07:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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Polygonum pensylvanicum

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Profile for Polygonum pensylvanicum (Pennsylvania Smartweed)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Erect
Flowers:	cluster of pink flowers in a spike.
Foliage:	long, narrow leaves with prominent midrib. Veins are parallel to one another, originating at the midrib and progressing towards the edge of the leaf. Margin is entire.
Stem:	Jointed branches are covered with a papery sheath.
Life Cycle:	Annual
Similar Plants:	Easily mistaken for Persicaria maculosa

Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:22, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Jomegat 00:47, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
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Buddleja davidii

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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

Recent Logs

SBJ 20:48, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 22:29, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:37, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
SBJ 09:54, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 22:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Buddleja davidii

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

Anemone x hybrida

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Profile for Anemone x hybrida (Japanese Anemone)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Herbaceous perennial with rhizomatous stems
Foliage:	Lower leaves trifoliate, upper leaves simple, lobed and rouchly haired
Growing Conditions:	Woodland, shade, partshade, tolerant of dry conditions
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 10:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 08:41, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 18:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 12:58, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
HortMan 00:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:23, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
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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

Pentas lanceolata

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Profile for Pentas lanceolata (Pentas)

Identifying Characteristics

This page contains recent bloom logs for the plant Pentas lanceolata (Pentas).

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 12:25, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Archived Logs

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(Updated 11:52, 11 October 2007 (UTC) with 17 plants)