Last Update:
September 21, 2017
Time Covered:
September 15 - 21, 2017
Locations:
RBG Rose Garden, Hendrie Valley, Arboretum;
Hamilton Waterfront Trail;
and a property just west of the Hamilton border
Comments:
With help from others, I saw 141 species in bloom. There were 4 new for the season.
Wild and Naturalized Flowers Blooming
(N = New for the season * = Not native to our area)
| New | English Name | Latin Name | French Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexanders, Golden | Zizia aurea | Zizia doré | |
| Alyssum, Hoary * | Berteroa incana | Berteroa blanche | |
| N | Aster, Amethyst | Symphyotrichum X amethystinum | ( French not found ) |
| Aster, Arrow-Leaved | Symphyotrichum urophyllum | Aster à feuilles sagittées | |
| Aster, Azure | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Aster azuré | |
| Aster, Calico | Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Aster latériflore | |
| Aster, Flat-Topped | Doellingeria umbellata | Aster à ombelles | |
| Aster, Frost | Symphyotrichum pilosum | Aster velu | |
| Aster, Heath | Symphyotrichum ericoides | Aster éricoïde | |
| Aster, Large-Leaved | Eurybia macrophylla | Aster à grandes feuilles | |
| Aster, New England | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | Aster de la Nouvelle-Angleterre | |
| Aster, Panicled | Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Aster lancéolé | |
| Aster, Purple-Stemmed | Aster puniceus | Aster ponceau | |
| Aster, Smooth | Symphyotrichum laeve | Aster lisse | |
| Aster, White Wood | Eurybia divaricata | Aster à rameaux étalés | |
| Beggar Tick | Bidens frondosa | Bident feuillu | |
| Bindweed, Hedge | Calystegia sepium | Liseron des haies | |
| Black-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Rudbeckie hérissée | |
| Bluestem, Big (Grass) | Andropogon gerardii | Barbon de Gerard | |
| Bouncing Bet * | Saponaria officinalis | Saponaire officinale | |
| Buckwheat, Climbing False | Polygonum scandens | Renouée grimpante | |
| Bugleweed, Rough | Lycopus asper | Lycopus du Nord du Québec | |
| Bugloss, Viper's * | Echium vulgare | Vipérine commune | |
| Bur-Marigold, Nodding | Bidens cernua | Bident penché | |
| Burdock, Great * | Arctium lappa | Grande bardane | |
| Butter-And-Eggs * | Linaria vulgaris | Linaire vulgaire | |
| Buttercup, Tall * | Ranuculus acris | Renoncule âcre | |
| Campion, Bladder * | Silene vulgaris | Silène enflé | |
| Catnip * | Nepeta cataria | Herbe à chat | |
| Celandine * | Chelidonium majus | Grande chélidoine | |
| Chickweed, Common * | Stellaria media | Stellaire moyenne | |
| Chickweed, Mouse-Ear * | Cerastium fontanum | Céraiste vulgaire | |
| Chicory * | Cichorium intybus | Chicorée sauvage | |
| Clover, Red * | Trifolium pratense | Trèfle rouge | |
| Clover, White * | Trifolium repens | Trèfle blanc | |
| Clover, White Sweet * | Melilotus alba | Mélilot blanc | |
| Comfrey, Common * | Symphytum officinale | Consoude officinale | |
| Coneflower, Gray-Headed | Ratibida pinnata | Rudbeckie pennée | |
| Coneflower, Purple * | Echinacea purpurea | Echinacée pourpre | |
| Coneflower, Tall | Rudbeckia laciniata | Rudbeckie lacinée | |
| Coneflower, Thin-Leaved * | Rudbeckia triloba | Rudbeckie | |
| Coreopsis, Tall | Coreopsis tripteris | Coréopsis Trifoliolé | |
| Crowfoot, Cursed | Ranunculus sceleratus | Renoncule scélérate | |
| Crown-vetch, Purple * | Securigera varia | Coronille bigarrée | |
| Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum | Silphe perfolié | |
| Dandelion, Common * | Taraxacum officinale | Pissenlit officinal | |
| Dandelion, Red-Seeded * | Taraxacum erythrospermum | Pissenlit à graines rouges | |
| Dogwood, Red-Osier (S) | Cornus stolonifera | Cornouiller stolonifère | |
| Evening Primrose, Common | Oenothera biennis | Onagre bisannuelle | |
| Feverfew * | Tanacetum parthenium | Grande camomille | |
| Fleabane, Daisy | Erigeron annuus | Vergerette annuelle | |
| Fleabane, Lesser Daisy | Erigeron strigosus | Vergette rude | |
| Forget-Me-Not, True * | Myosotis scorpioides | Myosotis scorpioïde | |
| Galinsoga * | Galinsoga quadriradiata | Galinsoga cilié | |
| Galinsoga, Small-Flowered | Galinsoga parviflora | Galinsoga à petites fleurs | |
| Germander, American | Teucrium canadense | Germandrée du Canada | |
| Goatsbeard, Yellow * | Tragopogon dubius | Salsifis jaune | |
| Goldenrod, Blue-Stemmed | Solidago caesia | Verge d'or bleuâtre | |
| Goldenrod, Canada | Solidago canadensis | Verge d`or du Canada | |
| Goldenrod, Gray | Solidago nemoralis | Verge d`or des bois | |
| Goldenrod, Hairy | Solidago hispida | Verge d`or hispide | |
| Goldenrod, Lance-Leaved | Euthamia graminifolia | Verge d`or à feuilles de graminée | |
| Goldenrod, Rough-Leaved | Solidago patula | Verge d'or à feuilles rugueuses | |
| Goldenrod, Tall | Solidago altissima | Verge d`or haute | |
| Goldenrod, Zigzag | Solidago flexicaulis | Verge d'or zigzag | |
| Groundsel, Common * | Senecio vulgaris | Séneçon vulgaire | |
| Groundsel, Sticky * | Senecio viscosus | Séneçon visqueux | |
| Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | Campanule à feuilles rondes | |
| Hawkweed, Field * | Hieracium caespitosum | Épervière des prÉs | |
| Hawkweed, Orange * | Hieracium aurantiacum | Épervière orangÉe | |
| Heal-All | Prunella vulgaris | Prunelle vulgaire | |
| Herb Robert * | Geranium robertianum | Géranium de Robert | |
| Honeysuckle, Amur * (S) | Lonicera maackii | Chèvrefeuille de maack | |
| Horse Balm | Collinsonia canadensis | Collinsonie du Canada | |
| Horseweed | Conyza canadensis | Vergerette du Canada | |
| Indian Tobacco | Lobelia inflata | Lobélie gonflée | |
| Knotgrass, Common * | Polygonum aviculare | Renouée des oiseaux | |
| Knotweed, Japanese * | Polygonum cuspidatum | Renouée japonaise | |
| Lady's Thumb * | Polygonum persicaria | Renouée persicaire | |
| Lettuce, White | Prenanthes alba | Prenanthe blanche | |
| Lettuce, Wild | Lactuca canadensis | Laitue du Canada | |
| Lobelia, Great | Lobelia siphilitica | Lobélie des marais bleu | |
| Loosestrife, Purple * | Lythrum salicaria | Lythrum salicaire | |
| Mallow, Common * | Malva neglecta | Mauve négligée | |
| Medick, Black * | Medicago lupulina | Luzerne lupuline | |
| Mint, Wild | Mentha arvensis | Menthe des champs | |
| Mint, Wooly * | Mentha X villosa | Menthe velue | |
| Monkey Flower | Mimulus ringens | Mimule à fleurs entrouvertes | |
| Motherwort * | Leonurus cardiaca | Agripaume cardiaque | |
| Mountain Mint, Virginia | Pycnanthemum virginianum | Pycnanthème de Virginie | |
| Mullein, Common * | Verbascum thapsus | Moléne vulgaire | |
| Mustard, Field * | Brassica rapa | Moutarde des oiseaux | |
| Nightshade, Bittersweet * | Solanum dulcamara | Morelle douce-amère | |
| Nightshade, Eastern Black | Solanum ptychanthum | Morelle noire de l’est | |
| Ox-Tongue, Hawkweed * | Picris hieracioides | Hélminthie fausse-épervière | |
| Parsnip, Water | Sium suave | Berle douce | |
| Pea, Everlasting * | Lathyrus latifolius | Gesse à feuilles larges | |
| Phlox, Garden * | Phlox paniculata | Phlox paniculé | |
| Pigweed * | Chenopodium album | Chénopode blanc | |
| Pilewort | Erechtites hieraciifolius | Érechitite à feuilles d'Épervière | |
| Plantain, English * | Plantago lanceolata | Plantain lancéolé | |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | Phytolaque d'Amérique | |
| Purslane * | Portulaca oleracea | Pourpier potager | |
| Queen Anne's Lace * | Daucus carota | Carotte sauvage | |
| Ragweed, Common | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Petite herbe à poux | |
| Saint Johnswort, Common * | Hypericum perforatum | Millepertuis perforé | |
| Silverrod | Solidago bicolor | Verge d`or bicolore | |
| N | Smartweed, Long-bristled | Persicaria longiseta | Renouée à soies longues |
| Smartweed, Nodding | Polygonum lapathifolium | Persicaire pâle | |
| Smartweed, Water | Polygonum amphibium | Renouée amphibie | |
| Snakeroot, White | Ageratina altissima | Eupatoire rugueuse | |
| Snapdragon, Dwarf * | Chaenorrhinum minus | Chénorhinum mineur | |
| Snowberry | Symphoricarpos albus | Symphorine blanche | |
| Sow Thistle, Common * | Sonchus oleraceus | Laiteron potager | |
| Sow Thistle, Field * | Sonchus arvensis | Laiteron des champs | |
| Sow Thistle, Spiny-Leaved * | Sonchus asper | Laiteron rude | |
| Spurge, Petty * | Euphorbia peplus | Euphorbe des jardins | |
| Spurge, Spotted* | Chamaesyce maculata | Ricinelle maculée | |
| Stonecrop, Ditch | Penthorum sedoides | Penthorum faux-orpin | |
| Storksbill * | Erodium cicutarium | Érodium cicutaire | |
| N | Sunflower, Saw-toothed | Helianthus grosseserratus | Hélianthe à grosses dents |
| N | Sunflower, Tall | Helianthus giganteus | Hélianthe géant |
| Swallowwort * | Cynanchum rossicum | Cynanche | |
| Tansey * | Tanacetum vulgare | Tanaisie vulgaire | |
| Teasel * | Dipsacus fullonum | Cardère des bois | |
| Thistle, Canada * | Cirsium arvense | Chardon des champs | |
| Tick-Trefoil, Pointed-Leaved | Desmodium glutinosum | Desmodie glutineuse | |
| Touch-Me-Not, Pale | Impatiens pallida | Impatiente pâle | |
| Touch-Me-Not, Spotted | Impatiens capensis | Impatiente biflore | |
| Trefoil, Birdsfoot * | Lotus corniculatus | Lotier corniculé | |
| Turtlehead | Chelone glabra | Galane glabre | |
| Vervain, Blue | Verbena hastata | Verveine hastée | |
| Vervain, White | Verbena urticifolia | Verveine à feuilles d`ortie | |
| Vetch, Cow * | Vicia cracca | Vesce jargeau | |
| Wallrocket * | Diplotaxis muralis | Diplotaxis des murs | |
| Willow Herb, Hairy * | Epilobium hirsutum | Épilobe hirsute | |
| Wood Sorrel, Creeping | Oxalis corniculata | Oxalide cornue | |
| Wood Sorrel, Yellow | Oxalis stricta | Oxalide d'Europe | |
| Wormwood, Sweet * | Artemisia annua | Armoise annuelle | |
| Yarrow, Common * | Achillea millefolium | Achillée millefeuille |
Monday Wild Flower Walks
The Monday evening walks are happening.
For meeting times and maps to locations contact Dean.
Monday, September 25 - Last Monday Walk of the Season: Waterfront Trail from Princess Point
Dean also walks every Friday afternoon on RBG grounds
and/or the Hamilton Waterfront Trail.
Contact him at least 24 hours in advance for meeting points and times.
Photos from Fleur-Ange Lamothe
Some other Photos from Fleur-Ange
Photos and Information from Ron Hepworth
Ron passed away on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012. Because he kept records of early and peak blooming times for nearly 30 years and then passed along his summaries to me for this site, I plan on leaving his last summary here. Below is a small sample of what the whole summary looks like:
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ANNUAL FLOWERING RECORDS FOR YEAR 2010 LEGEND
(observed at Brantford, Ont.) FF = First Flower/Pollen 43.10'N--80.12'W PB = Peak/Mid Bloom Date ( )= Interpolated Date E = Estimated Date SPECIES OBSERVED NO. FF FF PB PB LAG YRS 2010 MEAN 2010 MEAN IN DAYS willow buds (sprout/green) 15 Mar 9 Mar 15 Mar 17 Mar 27 -8.0 (Salix alba vitellina) Euro. hazelnut (FF/Pollen) 13 Mar 19 Mar 21 Mar 21 Mar 30 -5.5 (Corylus avellana) skunk cabbage (pollen/PB) 13 (Mar 18)Mar 25(Mar 31)Apr 2 -4.5 (Symplocarpus foetidus) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The link for the rest of the records is below:
Links to Wild Flower Page Home, etc.
Index & Home of the Wild Flower Page
| January Blooms - Updated to January 31, 2017 | February Blooms - Updated to February 28, 2017 |
| March Blooms -Updated to March 31, 2017 | April Blooms -Updated to April 30, 2016 |
| May Blooms -Updated to May 31, 2016 |
June Blooms -Updated to June 30, 2016 |
| July Blooms -Updated to July 31, 2016 | August Blooms - Updated to August 31, 2016 |
| September Blooms - Updated to Sept. 30, 2016 | October Blooms - Updated to October 31, 2016 |
| November Blooms - Updated to Nov. 30, 2016 | December Blooms - Updated to Dec. 30, 2016 |
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