# 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
| Inflorescence Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Spreading herbaceous plantFoliage:trifoliate with pale zones on the leafletsFruit:tiny legumesLife Cycle: perennial Recent Logs Anna reg 19:17, 12 May 2011 (UTC) Anna reg 18:13, 19 October 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Hesperis matronalis
| Closeup of purple flowers, flowers can range from white through pink, purple, or red Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Upright forbFlowers:4 showy petalsScent:Strong, sweet scent in early morning and evening Recent Logs Jomegat 04:13, 5 June 2009 (UTC) Jomegat 00:19, 15 July 2009 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall
Thymus 'Spicy Orange'
| Flowering plant Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Thymus 'Spicy Orange' (Spicy Orange Thyme) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Creeping semi-woody plantFoliage:Awn-shaped, evergreen, strongly scentedScent:Strong thyme scent from foliageLife Cycle: perennial Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 10:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 23:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 10:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 14:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 13:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 11:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
Paulownia tomentosa
| Flowers and foliage Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring
Rhododendron
| Flowers Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer
Lamium purpureum
| Plant colony Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Lamium purpureum (Deadnettle) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Low, spreading herbaceous plant , flowering stems rising above the foliageFlowers:Tubular, 2-lipped, pink or purpleFoliage:Reddish or purplish in early spring, fading to green as the season warmsStem:square in cross section, densely covered by the leavesLife Cycle: Winter annual Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 12:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC) Chemgym 12:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 10:01, 27 May 2008 (UTC) --Juan Pisek 14:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring
Vinca minor
| flowers and young foliage Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle) Identifying Characteristics Habit:prostrate vine, rooting at the nodesFlowers:trumpet-shapedFoliage:simple, opposite, evergreenLife 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Cercis canadensis
| Flowering tree Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Small tree with a horizontal branching habitFlowers:Small clusters of pea-like flowers, borne on the stems and even trunksFoliage:Heart-shapedStem:Zig-zaggingFruit:flattened pods Recent Logs Jomegat 01:29, 24 April 2010 (UTC) Newnan75 05:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring
Allium schoenoprasum
| Flowering plant Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Allium schoenoprasum (Chives) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Grasslike herbaceous plantFoliage:TubularLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Cormaggio 15:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 09:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 09:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 10:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 12:20, 14 June 2008 (UTC) --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 01:09, 3 September 2021 (UTC) --Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 00:33, 24 September 2021 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer
Wisteria sinensis
| Flowers Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring
Lunaria annua
| Inflorescence and upper leaves Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Lunaria annua (Honesty) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Erect herbaceous plantLife 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring
Aquilegia x hybrida
| Flowers of a pink variety Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Iris
| Flower of Iris versicolor Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Iris (Iris) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs Jomegat 22:24, 18 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
Syringa vulgaris
| A purple-flowered variety Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring
Iris sibirica
| Flowers Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Iris sibirica (Siberian Iris) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs SB Johnny-LM 19:50, 30 May 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 10:47, 3 June 2007 (UTC) SB Johnny-LM 09:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 12:21, 8 June 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
Glechoma hederacea
| Closeup of flowers and terminal leaves Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Geranium maculatum
| Plant in bloom Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Geranium maculatum (Blue Wood Geranium) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 9 May 2007 (from photographs) --SB_Johnny | 00:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 10:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC)* --SB_Johnny | 12:04, 26 April 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 13:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC) (still in full bloom, forgot to log earlier this month) --SB_Johnny | 08:58, 2 June 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Tradescantia
| Flowers Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Tradescantia (Spiderwort) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Erect herbaceous plantFoliage:Straplike, both basal and on stemsStem:RoundLife Cycle: Perennial 2009 Logs Jomegat 11 May 2009 (from photo) Jomegat 00:11, 21 May 2009 (UTC) =====Recent Logs===== (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
last updated 10:07, 19 October 2007 (UTC) with 17 plants