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

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

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

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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

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Securigera varia

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Profile for Securigera varia (Crown Vetch)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Spreading semi-herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Small, pea-like flowers on a crown-like head
Foliage:	Pinnately compound
Stem:	Thin, wire-like
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

Jomegat 19:14, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

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Lagerstroemia indica

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Profile for Lagerstroemia indica (Crape Myrtle)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Large shrub or small tree
Foliage:	simple
Fruit:	Dry, persistent capsule
Life Cycle:	perennial shrub or tree

Recent Logs

HortMan 21:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:31, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:02, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall

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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

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Echinacea purpurea

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Profile for Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright, clump forming
Flowers:	Heads with raised disks

Recent Logs

SBJ 18:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
--Luai lashire 21:52, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:20, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 10:17, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 18:31, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:54, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Ngravagna 22:47, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:35, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 19:01, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

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

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Begonia grandis

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Profile for Begonia grandis (Hardy begonia)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 08:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:33, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

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Sedum spurium

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Profile for Sedum spurium (Stonecrop)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Creeping forb
Foliage:	Succulent
Stem:	waxy, fragile
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:58, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 08:32, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
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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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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall

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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

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Petunia x hybrida

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Profile for Petunia x hybrida (Petunia)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 11:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 13:58, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:37, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-NHAMP 09:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 18:32, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 08:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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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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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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Lythrum salicaria

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Profile for Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	bushy herbaceous plant
Growing Conditions:	Most frequent in wet soils, though also widely cultivated in gardens
Life Cycle:	perennial

Recent Logs

SBJ 11:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 13:17, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Jomegat 01:40, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall

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Asclepias incarnata

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Profile for Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:	Corymbs of pink flowers
Foliage:	Simple
Growing Conditions:	Moist meadows and gardens
Life Cycle:	Perennial

Recent Logs

--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 00:41, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 17:05, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 02:36, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 17:03, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 17:44, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 18:18, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 19:42, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 22:40, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 17:41, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 05:00, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Achillea sibirica

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Profile for Achillea sibirica (Sibirian Yarrow)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Upright to mounded
Flowers:	Heads
Foliage:	pinnately lobed, narrow, dark green
Life Cycle:	Perennial

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Albizia julibrissin

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Profile for Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Small tree
Foliage:	Bipinnately compound
Fruit:	legumes

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^talk 07:29, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:05, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 10:29, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 09:23, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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Clethra alnifolia

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Profile for Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Suckering shrub
Flowers:	Upright panicles
Foliage:	Simple, serrate margins
Life Cycle:	Perennial woody shrub

Recent Logs

SBJ 09:45, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 11:01, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:05, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:56, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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Liatris spicata

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Profile for Liatris spicata (Blazing Star)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 01:45, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
--Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 19:07, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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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

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Physostegia virginiana

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Profile for Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 11:49, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 11:49, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (from photograph datestamp)

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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

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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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Dahlia

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Profile for Dahlia (Dahlia)

Identifying Characteristics

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 10:53, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 18:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 09:16, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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Hibiscus syriacus

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Profile for Hibiscus syriacus (Garden Hibiscus)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Tree or shrub
Foliage:	Simple, lobed
Fruit:	Dry capsules

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 12:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 09:40, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 09:29, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 11:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:53, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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Lycoris squamigera

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Profile for Lycoris squamigera (Resurrection Lily)

Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:	3 petals and 3 sepals
Foliage:	Straplike, basal. Foliage is ephemeral in spring, and not present when flowering.

Recent Logs

SBJ 08:05, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

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Anagallis arvensis

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Profile for Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Creeping, mat-forming herbaceous plant
Stem:	Weak, green
Life Cycle:	Annual

Recent Logs

--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 14:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 12:24, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^PA! 10:37, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
SBJ 11:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:22, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 13:31, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

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Lonicera sempervirens

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Profile for Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle)

Identifying Characteristics
Habit:	Twining woody vine
Flowers:	Tubular, red to pink
Foliage:	Opposite, clasping the stem near the tips of the branches
Stem:	Twining, with exfoliating bark on older stems
Scent:	Faint
Fruit:	Black drupes
Life Cycle:	Woody perennial
Similar Plants:	Often confused with Lonicera x heckrottii

Recent Logs

SB Johnny-LM 12:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
SB Johnny-LM 00:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (from a datestamped photograph)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 09:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
--SB_Johnny ^talk 13:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
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last updated 09:24, 18 October 2007 (UTC) with 28 plants