Last Update:
September 13, 2018
Time Covered:
September 7 - 13, 2018
Locations:
RBG Rose Garden edges, Hendrie Valley;
Hamilton Waterfront Trail, Brantford Waterfront Trail;
and a property just west of the Hamilton border
Comments:
One hundred forty-nine flower species were found in bloom between September 6 and September 13.
Six species were new for the season.
Wild or Naturalized Flowers Blooming
(N = New for the year * = Not native to our area)
| New | English Name | Latin Name | French Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexanders, Golden | Zizia aurea | Zizia doré | |
| Alfalfa * | Medicago sativa | Luzerne cultivée | |
| Alyssum, Hoary * | Berteroa incana | Berteroa blanche | |
| Aster, Arrow-Leaved | Symphyotrichum urophyllum | Aster à feuilles sagittées | |
| Aster, Azure | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Aster azuré | |
| 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, White Wood | Eurybia divaricata | Aster à rameaux étalés | |
| Balsam, Himalayan * | Impatiens glandulifera | Balsamie de l'Himmalaya | |
| Basil, Wild | Clinopodium vulgare | Sarriette commune | |
| Beggar Tick | Bidens frondosa | Bident feuillu | |
| Beggar Tick, Tall | Bidens vulgata | Bident vulgaire | |
| Bindweed, Field * | Convolvulus arvensis | Liseron des champs | |
| Bindweed, Hedge | Calystegia sepium | Liseron des haies | |
| Black-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Rudbeckie hérissée | |
| Boneset, Tall | Eupatorium altissimum | Eupatoire élevée | |
| Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | Eupatoire perfoliée | |
| Bouncing Bet * | Saponaria officinalis | Saponaire officinale | |
| Buckwheat, Climbing False | Fallopia scandens | Renouée grimpante | |
| Bugleweed, Rough | Lycopus asper | Lycopus du Nord du Québec | |
| Bugloss, Viper's * | Echium vulgare | Vipérine commune | |
| Bur Cucumber, One-Seeded | Sicyos angulatus | Sicyos anguleux | |
| N | 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, White * | Silene latifolia | Silène à larges feuilles | |
| Catnip * | Nepeta cataria | Herbe à chat | |
| Celandine * | Chelidonium majus | Grande chélidoine | |
| Chamomile | Anthemis arvensis | Anthémis des champs | |
| Chicory * | Cichorium intybus | Chicorée sauvage | |
| Cinquefoil, Common | Potentilla simplex | Potentille simple | |
| Cinquefoil, Dwarf | Potentilla canadensis | Potentille du Canada | |
| Cinquefoil, Rough-Fruited * | Potentilla recta | Potentille dressée | |
| Clotbur, Common | Xanthium strumarium | Lampourde glouteron | |
| 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, Cutleaf (Outhouse Plant) | Rudbeckia laciniata 'Hortensia' | Rudbeckie laciniée 'Hortensia' | |
| 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 | |
| Crown-vetch, Purple * | Securigera varia | Coronille bigarrée | |
| Cucumber, Wild | Echinocystis lobata | Échinocystis lobé | |
| 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 | |
| Everlasting, Sweet | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | Gnaphale à feuilles obtuses | |
| Fleabane, Daisy | Erigeron annuus | Vergerette annuelle | |
| Fleabane, Lesser Daisy | Erigeron strigosus | Vergette rude | |
| Foxtail, Meadow * | Alopecurus pratensis | Vulpin des prés | |
| 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, Tall | Solidago altissima | Verge d`or haute | |
| Groundnut | Apios americana | Apios d`Amérique | |
| Groundsel, Sticky * | Senecio viscosus | Séneçon visqueux | |
| Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | Campanule à feuilles rondes | |
| Heal-All | Prunella vulgaris | Prunelle vulgaire | |
| Henbit * | Lamium amplexicaule | Lamier amplexicaule | |
| Herb Robert * | Geranium robertianum | Géranium de Robert | |
| Horehound, European * | Lycopus europaeus | Lycope d'Europe | |
| Horse Balm | Collinsonia canadensis | Collinsonie du Canada | |
| Horseweed | Conyza canadensis | Vergerette du Canada | |
| Hyssop, Yellow Giant | Agastache nepetoides | Agastache faux-népéta | |
| Indian Tobacco | Lobelia inflata | Lobélie gonflée | |
| Johnny Jump-Up * | Viola tricolor | Violette tricolore | |
| Knotgrass, Common * | Polygonum aviculare | Renouée des oiseaux | |
| Knotweed, Japanese * | Polygonum cuspidatum | Renouée japonaise | |
| Knotweed, Virginia | Polygonum virginianum | Renouée de virginie | |
| Lady's Thumb * | Polygonum persicaria | Renouée persicaire | |
| Lettuce, White | Prenanthes alba | Prenanthe blanche | |
| Live-Forever * | Hylotelephium telephium | Orpin pourpre | |
| Lobelia, Great | Lobelia siphilitica | Lobélie des marais bleu | |
| Loosestrife, Purple * | Lythrum salicaria | Lythrum salicaire | |
| N | Madder, Wild * | Galium mollugo | Gaillet mollugine |
| Mallow, Common * | Malva neglecta | Mauve négligée | |
| Medick, Black * | Medicago lupulina | Luzerne lupuline | |
| Mint, Wooly * | Mentha X villosa | Menthe velue | |
| Motherwort * | Leonurus cardiaca | Agripaume cardiaque | |
| Mugwort, Common * | Artemisia vulgaris | Armoise vulgaire | |
| 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, Wild * | Pastinaca sativa | Panais sauvage | |
| Pea, Everlasting * | Lathyrus latifolius | Gesse à feuilles larges | |
| Pigweed * | Chenopodium album | Chénopode blanc | |
| Pilewort | Erechtites hieraciifolius | Érechitite à feuilles d'Épervière | |
| Pimperel, Scarlet * | Lysimachia arvensis | Mouron rouge | |
| Pink, Deptford * | Dianthus armeria | Oeillet arméria | |
| Plantain, Common * | Plantago major | Plantain majeur | |
| Plantain, English * | Plantago lanceolata | Plantain lancéolé | |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | Phytolaque d'Amérique | |
| Queen Anne's Lace * | Daucus carota | Carotte sauvage | |
| Ragweed, Common | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Petite herbe à poux | |
| N | Ragweed, Perennial | Ambrosia psilostachya | Herbe à poux vivace |
| Rose, Rugosa * | Rosa rugosa | Rosier rugueux | |
| Saint Johnswort, Common * | Hypericum commun | Millepertuis perforé | |
| Shepherd's Purse * | Capsella bursa-pastoris | Bourse-à-pasteur | |
| Silverrod | Solidago bicolor | Verge d`or bicolore | |
| Silverweed | Argentia anserina | Potentille ansérine | |
| Smartweed, Pale or Nodding | Persicaria lapathifolia | Renouée à feuilles de patience | |
| Smartweed, Water | Persicaria amphibia | Renouée amphibie | |
| Snakeroot, White | Ageratina altissima | Eupatoire rugueuse | |
| Snapdragon, Dwarf * | Chaenorrhinum minus | Chénorhinum mineur | |
| N | Snow-On-The-Mountain * | Euphorbia marginata | Euphorbe panachée |
| Sow Thistle, Common * | Sonchus oleraceus | Laiteron potager | |
| Sow Thistle, Field * | Sonchus arvensis | Laiteron des champs | |
| Spiderwort * | Tradescantia virginiana | Tradescantie de Virginie | |
| Spurge, Petty * | Euphorbia peplus | Euphorbe des jardins | |
| Strawberry, Woodland | Fragaria vesca | Fraisier américain | |
| Sunflower, Common * | Helianthus annuus | Tournesol | |
| Sunflower, Pale Leaved | Helianthus strumosus | Hélianthe scrofuleux | |
| N | Sunflower, Saw-toothed | Helianthus grosseserratus | Hélianthe à grosses dents |
| N | Sunflower, Tall | Helianthus giganteus | Hélianthe géant |
| Sunflower, Woodland | Helianthus divaricatus | Hélianthe à feuilles étalées | |
| Swallowwort * | Cynanchum rossicum | Cynanche | |
| Tansey * | Tanacetum vulgare | Tanaisie vulgaire | |
| Teasel * | Dipsacus fullonum | Cardère des bois | |
| Thistle, Bull * | Cirsium vulgare | Chardon vulgaire | |
| Thistle, Canada * | Cirsium arvense | Chardon des champs | |
| Touch-Me-Not, Pale | Impatiens pallida | Impatiente pâle | |
| Touch-Me-Not, Spotted | Impatiens capensis | Impatiente biflore | |
| Trefoil, Birdsfoot * | Lotus corniculatus | Lotier corniculé | |
| Trumpet Creeper | Campsis radicans | Jasmine de Virginie | |
| Vervain, Blue | Verbena hastata | Verveine hastée | |
| Vervain, White | Verbena urticifolia | Verveine à feuilles d`ortie | |
| Vetch, Cow * | Vicia cracca | Vesce jargeau | |
| Wall-Rocket, Narrow-Leaved * | Diplotaxis tenuifolia | Diplotaxis à feuilles ténues | |
| Water Lily, Sweet Scented | Nymphaea odorata | Le Lis d'eau | |
| Willow Herb, Purple-Veined | Epilobium coloratum | Épilobe coloré | |
| Wood Sorrel, Creeping | Oxalis corniculata | Oxalide cornue | |
| Wood Sorrel, Yellow | Oxalis stricta | Oxalide d'Europe |
Monday Wild Flower Walks
Monday, September 17 - LAST MONDAY EVENING WALK - Waterfront Trail from Princess Point
If you are not getting a newsletter and need more information
contact Dean at the email address at the bottom of the page.
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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