# Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/October/Purple Flowers

The plants pictured below have been recorded as blooming during the month of October in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Salvia nemorosa
| Inflorescence Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Salvia nemorosa (Purple Sage) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Clumping perennialFlowers:Spikes of tubular flowersFoliage:Simple, opposite, roughly hairedStem:Square in cross sectionLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Ngravagna 20:01, 15 June 2008 (UTC) Ngravagna 17:19, 21 June 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 09:15, 22 June 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 09:13, 2 July 2008 (UTC) SB Johnny-LM 10:28, 14 July 2008 (UTC) SB Johnny-LM 09:01, 16 August 2008 (UTC) SBJ 08:56, 5 September 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Mid Fall
Perilla frutescens
| Search for Perilla frutescens on commons) Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Perilla frutescens (Perilla) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Erect herbaceous plantFlowers:spikes of tubular purple flowersFoliage:opposite, simple, toothed, porple in some varietiesStem:square in cross sectionScent:liquorice-like scent from all partsLife Cycle: Annual Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 09:51, 15 September 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 09:49, 3 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 09:07, 23 September 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Mentha spicata
| Illustration Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Mentha spicata (Spearmint) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs --Helikophis 16:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 09:42, 11 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 09:21, 23 September 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Zinnia violacea
| Head Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Zinnia violacea (Zinnia) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 10:18, 10 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 13:12, 24 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 09:24, 23 September 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Viola x wittrockiana
| A Purple-flowered variety Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Short-lived, low-growing perennial, with mostly cool season bloomsHigher 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter
Lavandula angustifolia
| Flowering plant Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender) Identifying Characteristics Habit:dense subshrub or herbFlowers:Spikes of tubular flowersFoliage:narrow, hairyScent:Distinct lavander scent from flowers and foliageLife Cycle: Perennial shrub Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 13:34, 31 May 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 09:58, 14 July 2008 (UTC) Jomegat 00:21, 24 July 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 09:49, 10 August 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 08:25, 24 September 2008 (UTC) Anna reg 16:49, 29 May 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Agastache foeniculum
| Inflorescences Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Agastache foeniculum (Wild Hyssop) Identifying Characteristics Flowers:Small tubular flowers on an upright spikeFoliage:simple, oppositeStem:Square in cross sectionLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 08:45, 14 July 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 13:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 10:28, 17 August 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 08:47, 24 September 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Aster lateriflorus
| Illustration Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Aster lateriflorus (Calico Aster) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 10:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC) --Luai lashire 14:56, 26 September 2007 (UTC) SB Johnny-NHAMP 09:03, 9 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 12:20, 24 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 09:09, 23 September 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Aster tataricus
| Heads Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Aster tataricus (Tatarian Aster) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Upright, spreading forb Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 13:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 12:52, 1 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 09:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 12:21, 24 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 13:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 12:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Solanum dulcamara
| Flower and fruits Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet, Bitter Nightshade, Blue Bindweed, Climbing Nightshade) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Twining, semi-woody vineFlowers:Purple with yellow centersScent:Unpleasant aroma from vegetative partsFruit:Berries which are red when ripeLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 11:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall
Rosa
| Flowers Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Rosa (Rose) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Thorny shrubsFoliage:alternate, pinnately compoundStem:thornedFruit:small pomes (hips)Life Cycle: perennial shrubSubclass 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) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall Mid Fall, Late Fall
Chrysanthemum x morifolium
| Flowering plants Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Chrysanthemum x morifolium (Hardy Chrysanthemum, Mum) Identifying Characteristics Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 13:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC) SB Johnny-LM 18:35, 17 November 2007 (UTC) SBJ 13:11, 29 November 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 18:49, 5 December 2007 (UTC) --Juan 15:58, 11 December 2007 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter
Pentas lanceolata
| Flowers of a white variety Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | 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 | 12:25, 3 October 2007 (UTC) Archived Logs (If there are more than 5 signatures under the recent logs heading, move the oldest logs to under this heading (generally leave the 3 most recent). (no archived logs yet) (view all logs) |
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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
Vernonia noveboracensis
| Closeup of flowerheads Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Erect herbaceous plantFlowers:Heads, purpleFoliage:SimpleLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 10:12, 20 July 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 09:46, 24 September 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall
Phlox paniculata
| Inflorescence of a pink variety Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Upright herbaceous plantFlowers:Corolla tubular with 5 showy lobesFoliage:SimpleStem:green, stiffLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 11:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 12:18, 28 June 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 10:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny 12:50, 26 September 2008 (UTC) ˜˜˜˜ TristanDolciano 16:30, 21 July 2019 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter
Aster novae-angliae
| Head Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Erect, bushy herbaceous plantFlowers:Heads with yellow disk florets and purple (sometimes pink, white, or red) raysFoliage:Simple, alternateLife Cycle: Perennial Recent Logs Jomegat 17:49, 6 June 2010 (UTC) Clarinetguy097 (discuss • contribs) 22:02, 20 June 2021 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
Cleome hassleriana
| Inflorescence and foliage of cv. 'Violet Queen' Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Cleome hassleriana (Spider Flower) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Upright herbaceous plantStem:Stiff, with sharp thorns, covered in leafy bractsFruit:Elongated podsLife Cycle: Annual Recent Logs --SB_Johnny | 10:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 09:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
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Buddleja davidii
| Inflorescence Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock | Profile for Buddleja davidii (Butterfly Bush) Identifying Characteristics Habit:Arching shrubFoliage:Simple, rough, oppositeStem:Hollow pithScent:Flowers are sweetly scentedFruit:Dry capsulesLife Cycle: Perennial shrub Recent Logs SBJ 20:48, 17 October 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 22:29, 3 November 2007 (UTC) --SB_Johnny | 11:37, 12 July 2008 (UTC) SBJ 09:54, 20 July 2008 (UTC) Ngravagna 22:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC) (view all logs) |
Global data: Temperate zone season(s): Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall
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
(updated 12:45, 11 October 2007 (UTC) with 19 plants)