Last Update:
August 17, 2017
Time Covered:
August 11 - 17, 2017
Locations:
RBG Rose Garden, Hendrie Valley, Arboretum, Rock Chapel Area;
Brantford Waterfront Trail,
and a property just west of the Hamilton border
Comments:
With help from others, I saw 161 wild flowers in bloom this past week. Of that group, 19 were new.
There were a couple of special flowers this past week. The Pinesap is seldom seen by me. The last time was in 2013 and I had only seen it during two other years before that.
The Virginia Mountain Mint appeared in our east meadow and took me a few days to identify. I assume that it arrived with some wild flower seeds that I put out a couple of years ago. There are two plants that I found but hope there are more out there hiding among the goldenrods.
The Flower-of-an-Hour has been blooming, as there are several seedpods on the plants, but today was the first time I actually saw the flower. I guess I have been there at the wrong hours until today.
Wild and Naturalized Flowers Blooming
(N = New for the season * = Not native to our area)
| New | English Name | Latin Name | French Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agrimony | Agrimonia gryposepala | Aigremoine à sépales crochus | |
| Alfalfa * | Medicago sativa | Luzerne cultivée | |
| Alyssum, Hoary * | Berteroa incana | Berteroa blanche | |
| N | Aster, Arrow-Leaved | Symphyotrichum urophyllum | Aster à feuilles sagittées |
| Aster, Flat-Topped | Doellingeria umbellata | Aster à ombelles | |
| Aster, Large-Leaved | Eurybia macrophylla | Aster à grandes feuilles | |
| Aster, New England | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | Aster de la Nouvelle-Angleterre | |
| Aster, Smooth | Symphyotrichum laeve | Aster lisse | |
| Avens, Catling's * | Geum x catlingii | Benoîte de Catling | |
| Avens, White | Geum canadense | Benoîte du Canada | |
| Avens, Wood * | Geum urbanum | Benoîte commune | |
| Basil, Wild | Clinopodium vulgare | Sarriette commune | |
| N | Bellflower, Tall | Campanula americana | Campanule d'Amérique |
| Bergamot, Wild | Monarda fistulosa | Monarde fistuleuse | |
| Bindweed, Field * | Convolvulus arvensis | Liseron des champs | |
| Black-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Rudbeckie hérissée | |
| Bladderwort, Common | Utricularia vulgaris | Utriculaire vulgaire | |
| Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | Eupatoire perfoliée | |
| Bouncing Bet * | Saponaria officinalis | Saponaire officinale | |
| Bugloss, Viper's * | Echium vulgare | Vipérine commune | |
| N | Bur Cucumber, One-Seeded | Sicyos angulatus | Sicyos anguleux |
| 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 | |
| Chickweed, Common * | Stellaria media | Stellaire moyenne | |
| Chickweed, Mouse-Ear * | Cerastium fontanum | Céraiste vulgaire | |
| Chicory * | Cichorium intybus | Chicorée sauvage | |
| Cinquefoil, Dwarf | Potentilla canadensis | Potentille du Canada | |
| Cinquefoil, Rough-Fruited * | Potentilla recta | Potentille dressée | |
| Clearweed | Pilea pumila | Piléa nain ou petite ortie | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Daisy, Oxeye * | Leucanthemum vulgare | Marguerite blanche | |
| Dandelion, Common * | Taraxacum officinale | Pissenlit officinal | |
| Dandelion, Red-Seeded * | Taraxacum erythrospermum | Pissenlit à graines rouges | |
| Dock, Prairie | Silphium terebinthinaceum | Silphe térébenthine | |
| N | Dodder, Common | Cuscuta gronovii | Cuscute de Gronovius |
| Dogbane, Spreading | Apocynum androsaemifolium | Apocyne à feuilles d'Androsème | |
| Dogwood, Red-Osier | Cornus stolonifera | Cornouiller stolonifère | |
| Elecampane * | Inula helenium | Inule aulnée | |
| Evening Primrose, Common | Oenothera biennis | Onagre bisannuelle | |
| Fleabane, Daisy | Erigeron annuus | Vergerette annuelle | |
| Fleabane, Lesser Daisy | Erigeron strigosus | Vergette rude | |
| N | Flower-Of-An-Hour * | Hibiscus trionum | Ketmie trilobée |
| Galinsoga * | Galinsoga quadriradiata | Galinsoga cilié | |
| Globe-thistle, Great * | Echinops sphaerocephalus | Oursin à têtes rondes | |
| Goatsbeard, Yellow * | Tragopogon dubius | Salsifis jaune | |
| Goldenrod, Blue-Stemmed | Solidago caesia | Verge d'or bleuâtre | |
| Goldenrod, Early | Solidago juncea | Verge d`or jonciforme | |
| N | Goldenrod, Lance-Leaved | Euthamia graminifolia | Verge d`or à feuilles de graminée |
| Goldenrod, Late | Solidago gigantea | Verge d'or géante | |
| N | Goldenrod, Tall | Solidago altissima | Verge d`or haute |
| Goldenrod, Zigzag | Solidago flexicaulis | Verge d'or zigzag | |
| Ground Cherry, Clammy | Physalis heterophylla | Coqueret hétérophylle | |
| Groundsel, Common * | Senecio vulgaris | Séneçon vulgaire | |
| Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | Campanule à feuilles rondes | |
| Hawkweed, Orange * | Hieracium aurantiacum | Épervière orangÉe | |
| Heal-All | Prunella vulgaris | Prunelle vulgaire | |
| Hedge Nettle, Rough | Stachys tenuifolia | Épiaire à feuilles minces | |
| Hedge-Parsley, Upright * | Torilis japonica | Torilis anthrisque | |
| Hemlock, Poison * | Conium maculatum | Ciguë maculée | |
| Nettle, Hemp * | Galeopsis tetrahit | Galéopside à tige carrée | |
| Herb Robert * | Geranium robertianum | Géranium de Robert | |
| Hog Peanut | Amphicarpa bracteata | Amphicarpe bractéolée | |
| N | Horehound, Water | Lycopus americanus | Lycope d'Amérique |
| Horse Balm | Collinsonia canadensis | Collinsonie du Canada | |
| Horseweed | Conyza canadensis | Vergerette du Canada | |
| Hyssop, Yellow Giant | Agastache nepetoides | Agastache faux-népéta | |
| Indian-Pipe | Monotropa uniflora | Monotrope uniflore | |
| Joe Pye Weed, Spotted | Eutrochium maculatum | Eupatoire maculée | |
| N | Knapweed, Brown * | Centaurea jacea | Centaurée jacée |
| Knapweed, Spotted * | Centaurea maculosa | Centaurée maculée | |
| Knotgrass, Common * | Polygonum aviculare | Renouée des oiseaux | |
| Knotweed, Virginia | Polygonum virginianum | Renouée de virginie | |
| Lady's Thumb * | Polygonum persicaria | Renouée persicaire | |
| N | Leafcup, Small-Flowered | Polymnia canadensis | Polymnie du Canada |
| N | Lemon-balm | Melissa officinalis | Mélisse officinale |
| N | Live-Forever * | Hylotelephium telephium | Orpin pourpre |
| Lobelia, Great | Lobelia siphilitica | Lobélie des marais bleu | |
| Loosestrife, Fringed | Lysimachia ciliata | Lysimaque ciliée | |
| Loosestrife, Purple * | Lythrum salicaria | Lythrum salicaire | |
| Lopseed | Phryma leptostachya | Phryma à épis grêles | |
| Mallow, Common * | Malva neglecta | Mauve négligée | |
| N | Mayweed * | Anthemis cotula | Camomille puante |
| Medick, Black * | Medicago lupulina | Luzerne lupuline | |
| Milkweed, Swamp | Asclepias incarnata | Asclépiade incarnate | |
| Motherwort * | Leonurus cardiaca | Agripaume cardiaque | |
| N | Mountain Mint, Virginia | Pycnanthemum virginianum | Pycnanthème de Virginie |
| Mullein, Common * | Verbascum thapsus | Moléne vulgaire | |
| Mullein, Moth * | Verbascum blattaria | Molène blattaire | |
| Mustard, Wormseed * | Erysimum cheiranthoides | Vélar fausse giroflée | |
| Nettle, Tall | Urtica dioica ssp.gracilis | Ortie dioïque d'Europe | |
| Nightshade, Bittersweet * | Solanum dulcamara | Morelle douce-amère | |
| Nightshade, Enchanter's | Circaea canadensis ssp.canadensis | Circée du Canada | |
| Nipplewort * | Lapsana communis | Lapsane commune | |
| Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana | Physostégie à fleurs roses | |
| N | Orach | Atriplex patula | Arroche étalée |
| Outhouse Plant | Rudbeckia laciniata 'Hortensia' | Rudbeckie laciniée 'Hortensia' | |
| Pennycress, Field * | Thlaspi arvense | Tabouret des champs | |
| Pickerelweed | Pontederia cordata | Pontédérie cordée | |
| N | Pilewort | Erechtites hieraciifolius | Érechitite à feuilles d'Épervière |
| N | Pinesap | Monotropa hypopithys | Monotrope du Pin |
| Pink, Deptford * | Dianthus armeria | Oeillet arméria | |
| N | Plantain, Common * | Plantago major | Plantain majeur |
| Plantain, English * | Plantago lanceolata | Plantain lancéolé | |
| Plantain, Red-Stemmed | Plantago rugelii | Plantain de rugel | |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | Phytolaque d'Amérique | |
| Queen Anne's Lace * | Daucus carota | Carotte sauvage | |
| Raspberry, Purple-Flowering | Rubus odoratus | Ronce odorante | |
| Saint Johnswort, Common * | Hypericum perforatum | Millepertuis perforé | |
| Saint Johnswort, Spotted | Hypericum punctatum | Millepertuis ponctué | |
| Sandwort, Thyme-Leaved * | Arenaria serpyllifolia | Sabline à feuilles de serpolet | |
| Scorpion-Grass, Blue * | Myosotis stricta | Myosotis à tiges dressées | |
| Shepherd's Purse * | Capsella bursa-pastoris | Bourse-à-pasteur | |
| Smartweed, Nodding | Polygonum lapathifolium | Persicaire pâle | |
| Smartweed, Water | Polygonum amphibium | Renouée amphibie | |
| Snakeroot, White | Ageratina altissima | Eupatoire rugueuse | |
| Sow Thistle, Common * | Sonchus oleraceus | Laiteron potager | |
| Sow Thistle, Field * | Sonchus arvensis | Laiteron des champs | |
| Sow Thistle, Spiny-Leaved * | Sonchus asper | Laiteron rude | |
| Stickseed, Virginia | Hackelia virginiana | Hackélia de virginie | |
| Stitchwort, Lesser * | Stellaria graminea | Stellaire graminée | |
| Sunflower, Common * | Helianthus annuus | Tournesol | |
| N | Sunflower, Pale Leaved | Helianthus strumosus | Hélianthe scrofuleux |
| Sunflower, Woodland | Helianthus divaricatus | Hélianthe à feuilles étalées | |
| Swallowwort * | Cynanchum rossicum | Cynanche | |
| Swallowwort, Black * | Cynanchum nigrum | Cynanche noir | |
| Tansey * | Tanacetum vulgare | Tanaisie vulgaire | |
| Teasel * | Dipsacus fullonum | Cardère des bois | |
| Thimbleweed | Anemone virginiana | Anémone de Virginie | |
| Thistle, Bull * | Cirsium vulgare | Chardon vulgaire | |
| Thistle, Canada * | Cirsium arvense | Chardon des champs | |
| Tick-Trefoil, Pointed-Leaved | Desmodium glutinosum | Desmodie glutineuse | |
| Tick-Trefoil, Showy | Desmodium canadense | Desmodie du Canada | |
| 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, White | Verbena urticifolia | Verveine à feuilles d`ortie | |
| Vetch, Cow * | Vicia cracca | Vesce jargeau | |
| Virgin's Bower | Clematis virginiana | Clématite de virginie | |
| Wall-Rocket, Narrow-Leaved * | Diplotaxis tenuifolia | Diplotaxis à feuilles ténues | |
| Water Lily, Sweet Scented | Nymphaea odorata | Le Lis d'eau | |
| Willow Herb, Sparse-Flowered * | Epilobium parviflorum | Épilobe à petites fleurs | |
| Wood Sorrel, Creeping | Oxalis corniculata | Oxalide cornue | |
| Wood Sorrel, Yellow | Oxalis stricta | Oxalide d'Europe | |
| 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, August 21 - Dutka-Buchin Nature Sanctuary
Monday, August 28 - Butterfly Garden in Dundas
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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