Last Update:
August 2, 2020
Times Covered:
July 21 - 31, 2020
Locations:
A property just west of the Hamilton border,
road edges within 5 k of that property,
and some neighbourhood ravines.
Comments:
The flower lists continue be very limited. I am staying on our property except for walks and runs on our very local roads.
Wild & Naturalized Flowers Blooming
July 21 - 31, 2020
(N = "New" for the year * = Not native to our area)
| New | English Name | Latin Name | French Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agrimony | Agrimonia gryposepala | aigremoine à sépales crochus | |
| Alfalfa * | Medicago sativa | luzerne cultivée | |
| Anemone, Canada | Anemonastrum canadense | anémone du Canada | |
| Asparagus * | Asparagus officinalis | asperge | |
| Avens, Catling's * | Geum x catlingii | benîte de catling | |
| Avens, White | Geum canadense | benîte du canada | |
| Avens, Wood * | Geum urbanum | benoîte commune | |
| Basil, Wild | Clinopodium vulgare | sarriette commune | |
| Bedstraw, Rough | Galium asprellum | Gaillet piquant | |
| Bergamot, Wild | Monarda fistulosa | Monarde fistuleuse | |
| Bindweed, Field * | Convolvulus arvensis | Liseron des champs | |
| Black-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | rudbeckie hérissée | |
| Bluestem, Big (Grass) | Andropogon gerardii | Barbon de Gerard | |
| Bouncing Bet * | Saponaria officinalis | saponaire officinale | |
| Butter-And-Eggs * | Linaria vulgaris | linaire vulgaire | |
| Buttercup, Tall * | Ranuculus acris | renoncule âcre | |
| Campion, White * | Silene latifolia | silène à larges feuilles | |
| Carpenter's Square | Scrophularia marilandica | Scofulaire du maryland | |
| Carpetweed * | Mollugo verticillata | Mollugine verticillée | |
| Celandine * | Chelidonium majus | grande chélidoine | |
| Chickweed, Mouse-Ear * | Cerastium fontanum | céraiste vulgaire | |
| Chicory * | Cichorium intybus | chicorée sauvage | |
| Cinquefoil, Rough-Fruited * | Potentilla recta | potentille dressée | |
| Cinquefoil, Silvery * | Potentilla argentea | potentille argentée | |
| Cinquefoil, Sulphur | Potentilla recta | potentille dressée | |
| Clover, Alsike * | Trifolium hybridum ssp.elegans | trèfle alsike | |
| 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 | |
| N | Coneflower, Cutleaf (Outhouse Plant) | Rudbeckia laciniata 'Hortensia' | Rudbeckie laciniée 'Hortensia' |
| Coneflower, Gray-Headed | Ratibida pinnata | rudbeckie pennée | |
| Coneflower, Purple * | Echinacea purpurea | Echinacée pourpre | |
| N | Coneflower, Thin-Leaved * | Rudbeckia triloba | rudbeckie trilobée |
| Coreopsis, Lance-leaved | Coreopsis lanceolata | coréopsis lancéolée | |
| Crown-vetch, Purple * | Securigera varia | coronille bigarrée | |
| Culver's Root | Veronicastrum virginicum | Véronique de Virgine | |
| Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum | Silphe perfolié | |
| Daisy, Oxeye * | Leucanthemum vulgare | marguerite blanche | |
| Dandelion, Common * | Taraxacum officinale | pissenlit officinal | |
| N | Dock, Prairie | Silphium terebinthinaceum | Silphe térébenthine |
| Dogbane, Spreading | Apocynum androsaemifolium | Apocyne à feuilles d'Androsème | |
| Elecampane * | Inula helenium | Inule aunée | |
| Evening Primrose, Common | Oenothera biennis | onagre bisannuelle | |
| Feverfew * | Tanacetum parthenium | grande camomille | |
| Fleabane, Daisy | Erigeron annuus | vergerette annuelle | |
| N | Fleabane, Lesser Daisy | Erigeron strigosus | vergette rude |
| Galinsoga * | Galinsoga quadriradiata | galinsoga cilié | |
| N | Globe-thistle, Great * | Echinops sphaerocephalus | Oursin à têtes rondes |
| Goatsbeard, Meadow * | Tragopogon pratensis | salsifis des prés | |
| Goatsbeard, Yellow * | Tragopogon dubius | salsifis majeur | |
| Goldenrod, Early | Solidago juncea | Verge d`or jonciforme | |
| Ground Cherry, Clammy | Physalis heterophylla | coqueret hétérophylle | |
| Heal-All | Prunella vulgaris | prunelle vulgaire | |
| N | Hedge-Parsley, Upright * | Torilis japonica | Torilis anthrisque |
| Hemp Dogbane | Apocynum cannabinum | apocyne chanvrin | |
| Herb Robert * | Geranium robertianum | géranium de robert | |
| N | Horehound, Water | Lycopus americanus | lycope d'amérique |
| Horsemint, Dotted | Monarda punctata | monarde ponctuée | |
| N | Horseweed | Conyza canadensis | vergerette du canada |
| Indian Tobacco | Lobelia inflata | Lobélie gonflée | |
| Knapweed, Brown * | Centaurea jacea | centaurée jacée | |
| Knapweed, Spotted * | Centaurea maculosa | centaurée maculée | |
| N | Lady's Thumb * | Polygonum persicaria | renouée persicaire |
| Lemon-balm | Melissa officinalis | Mélisse officinale | |
| Lettuce, Wild | Lactuca canadensis | laitue du canada | |
| Lily, Day * | Hemerocallis fulva | Hémérocalle fauve | |
| N | Lobelia, Great | Lobelia siphilitica | lobélie des marais bleu |
| Loosestrife, Fringed | Lysimachia ciliata | Lysimaque ciliée | |
| N | Loosestrife, Purple * | Lythrum salicaria | Lythrum salicaire |
| Lopseed | Phryma leptostachya | Phryma à épis grêles | |
| Mallow, Indian * | Abutilon theophrasti | abutilon à pétales jaunes | |
| Mallow, Musk * | Malva moschata | mauve musquée | |
| Mayweed * | Anthemis cotula | camomille puante | |
| Meadow-Rue, Tall | Thalictrum pubescens | Pigamon pubescent | |
| Medick, Black * | Medicago lupulina | luzerne lupuline | |
| Milkweed, Common | Asclepias syriaca | asclépiade commune | |
| N | Milkweed, Swamp | Asclepias incarnata | Asclépiade incarnate |
| Mint, Wild | Mentha arvensis | menthe des champs | |
| Motherwort * | Leonurus cardiaca | agripaume cardiaque | |
| Mountain Mint, Slender | Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | pycnanthème à feuilles étroites | |
| Mountain Mint, Virginia | Pycnanthemum virginianum | pycnanthème de virginie | |
| Mullein, Common * | Verbascum thapsus | moléne vulgaire | |
| Mustard, Garlic * | Alliaria petiolata | alliaire officinale | |
| N | Nettle, False | Boehmeria cylindrica | Boehméria cylindrique |
| Nightshade, Bittersweet * | Solanum dulcamara | morelle douce-amère | |
| Nightshade, Eastern Black | Solanum ptychanthum | morelle noire de l’est | |
| Nightshade, Enchanter's | Circaea canadensis ssp.canadensis | circée du Canada | |
| Parsnip, Wild * | Pastinaca sativa | Panais sauvage | |
| Pineapple Weed * | Matricaria discoidea | matricaire odorante | |
| Pink, Deptford * | Dianthus armeria | oeillet arméria | |
| Plantain, English * | Plantago lanceolata | plantain lancéolé | |
| Plantain, Red-Stemmed | Plantago rugelii | Plantain de rugel | |
| Queen Anne's Lace * | Daucus carota | carotte sauvage | |
| Raspberry, Purple-Flowering | Rubus odoratus | ronce odorante | |
| Rocket, Dame's * | Hesperis matronalis | julienne des dames | |
| Saint Johnswort, Common * | Hypericum perforatum | millepertuis commun | |
| Saint Johnswort, Shrubby | Hypericum prolificum | millepertuis prolifère | |
| Sow Thistle, Field * | Sonchus arvensis | laiteron des champs | |
| Spiderwort * | Tradescantia virginiana | tradescantie de virginie | |
| N | Spurge, Spotted* | Chamaesyce maculata | Ricinelle maculée |
| Stickseed, Virginia | Hackelia virginiana | Hackélia de virginie | |
| Sunflower, Woodland | Helianthus divaricatus | Hélianthe à feuilles étalées | |
| Tea, Oswego | Monarda didyma | Thé d'Oswego | |
| Teasel * | Dipsacus fullonum | cardère des bois | |
| Thimbleweed | Anemone virginiana | anémone de Virginie | |
| Thistle, Bull * | Cirsium vulgare | chardon vulgaire | |
| 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 | |
| N | Virgin's Bower | Clematis virginiana | Clématite de virginie |
| Willow Herb, Purple-Veined | Epilobium coloratum | Épilobe coloré | |
| Wood Sorrel, Yellow | Oxalis stricta | oxalide d'europe | |
| Yarrow, Common * | Achillea millefolium | achillée millefeuille |
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:
A link to a new portfolio, under very slow construction, of flowers from Dean, Fleur-Ange and Ron is below:
Links to Wild Flower Page Home, etc.
Index & Home of the Wild Flower Page
| January Blooms - Updated to January 31, 2020 | 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 May 31, 2019 |
| 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. 1, 2019 | December Blooms - Updated to Dec. 30, 2016 |
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