Bloom Clock/Keys/Global/Temperate/Mid Winter/All

Taraxacum officinale

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This page is part of the global dichotomous key for plants recorded as blooming in Mid Winter.



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Profile for Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:rosette-forming herbaceous plant with a long taproot
Flowers:Head, flowers are all ray-like
Foliage:Basal only, pinnately lobed
Stem:flower stems are hollow with a milky sap
Scent:mild, "sunny"
Growing Conditions:sunny and partly-shaded, well drained soils, drought intolerant
Fruit:achene with a silky pappus
Similar Plants:Hypochoeris radicata, Sonchus
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter


Galanthus nivalis

Plant in flower

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Profile for Galanthus nivalis (Common Snowdrop)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low growing plant emerging from underground bulbs
Foliage:Straplike, often bluish
Stem:floral scapes only, round
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Symplocarpus foetidus

Spathe

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Profile for Symplocarpus foetidus (Eastern Skunk Cabbage)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Colonizing herbaceous plant
Flowers:spathe and spadix
Foliage:basal, very large
Scent:strong unpleasant odor from all parts
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Forsythia x intermedia

blooming plant

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Profile for Forsythia x intermedia (Garden Forsythia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:suckering shrub
Flowers:4-petaled, yellow
Foliage:Simple, opposite, serrate margins, emerging about 1/2-way through full bloom
Stem:hollow pith
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Helleborus foetidus

Closeup of flower, note that the anthers are present while in bloom

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Profile for Helleborus foetidus (Stinking Hellebore)
Identifying Characteristics
Foliage:evergreen, palmately divided
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Helleborus niger

Flowers in winter

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Profile for Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:low herb or subshrub
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring


Spiraea thunbergii

Flowers and foliage

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Profile for Spiraea thunbergii (Spiraea)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Arching, multistemmed shrub
Flowers:Small white flowers in axillary cluseters.
Foliage:Narrow, threadlike
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Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Fall, Late Fall


Stellaria media

Flower

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Profile for Stellaria media (Common Chickweed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Creeping, mat-forming herb
Flowers:Small, white
Life Cycle: Annual
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring. Late Spring, Early Summer, Late Fall, Early Winter


Hamamelis 'Jelena'

Flowering branch

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Jelena' ('Jelena' Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
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  • SB Johnny-LM 09:55, 8 January 2008 (UTC) (cv. 'Jelena', some flowers open)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')


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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring


Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise'

Flowering shrub

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise' ('Arnold Promise' Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
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  • SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring


Senecio vulgaris

Stems and flowers

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Profile for Senecio vulgaris (Common Groundsel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low growing but upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Enclosed heads
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Fall


Hamamelis 'Diane'

Closeup

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Diane' ('Diane' Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
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  • SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')


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Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring


Hamamelis x intermedia

Cv. 'Jelena' in bloom

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Profile for Hamamelis x intermedia (Hybrid Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Large shrub or small tree, vase-shaped
Flowers:4 thread-like, showy petals
Foliage:simple, alternate, uneven at the base
Stem:zig-zag branches
Subclass plants:Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise', Hamamelis 'Diane', Hamamelis 'Jelena', Hamamelis 'Sunburst'
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  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • --Luai lashire 17:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring


Pieris japonica

Inflorescence

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Profile for Pieris japonica (Japanese Andromeda)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:shrub or small tree
Foliage:evergreen, simple, alternate, dense near the branch tips
Fruit:dry capsules
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring


Hamamelis 'Sunburst'

Flowers

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Profile for Hamamelis 'Sunburst' ('Sunburst' Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
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  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')


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


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Last updated 09:25, 27 March 2008 (UTC) from the DPL page with 15 plants.