Bloom Clock/Keys/Southeastern Pennsylvania/March/White Flowers

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This page is part of a dichotomous key for plants recorded as blooming in Southeastern Pennsylvania during the month of March.
These plants have the following traits:

  • White flowers

Narcissus

A Jonquil flower

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Profile for Narcissus (Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Upright herbaceous plants
Foliage:Basal, straplike, slightly bluish
Subclass plants:Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Recent Logs
  • Anna reg 12:05, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Sb f 14:46, 6 March 2011 (UTC) (plants blooming in the microclimate by the springhouse, elsewhere not flowering)
  • Anna reg 18:35, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Narcissus

Erica carnea

flowers of a purple variety

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Profile for Erica carnea (Heath)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low-growing, spreading shrub
Foliage:Awn-shaped, small, evergreen
Recent Logs
  • SBJ 13:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
  • SBJ 09:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 09:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 14:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SBJ 10:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Fall, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Erica carnea

Crocus

Flowering plants

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Profile for Crocus (Crocus)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:Crocus tommasinianus
Crocus vernus
Recent Logs
  • --Anna reg 18:43, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
  • --Jomegat 15:54, 16 March 2010 (UTC) (first bloom of 2010)


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Crocus tommasinianus

Flowering plants

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Profile for Crocus tommasinianus (Early Crocus)
Identifying Characteristics
Similar Plants:Very hard to tell apart from Crocus vernus
Higher taxa:Crocus
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 09:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:35, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Sb f 16:04, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Sb f 20:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Sb f 14:44, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 00:38, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Crocus tommasinianus

Corylus avellana

Male flowers

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Profile for Corylus avellana (Common Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
Subclass plants:f. 'contorta'
Recent Logs
  • Richardofoakshire 14:55, 6 March 2011 (UTC)


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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

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Spiraea thunbergii

Flowers and foliage

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Profile for Spiraea thunbergii (Spiraea)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Arching, multistemmed shrub
Flowers:Small white flowers in axillary cluseters.
Foliage:Narrow, threadlike
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 00:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 00:23, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Spiraea thunbergii

Helleborus niger

Flowers in winter

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Profile for Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:low herb or subshrub
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC) (most flowers fading to pink)


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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring

Regional data and additional images for Helleborus niger

Cardamine hirsuta

Plant in flower

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Profile for Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Wintercress)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low, mat-forming herbaceous plant
Flowers:4 petals, flowers in clusters on top of stems, often blooming and setting fruit at the same time
Foliage:bippately compound, purplish during cold weather
Scent:bitter scent from crushed leaves
Growing Conditions:any disturbed soil
Life Cycle: annual or biennial
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny talk 11:07, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Sb f 20:47, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Cardamine hirsuta

Galanthus nivalis

Plant in flower

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Profile for Galanthus nivalis (Common Snowdrop)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low growing plant emerging from underground bulbs
Foliage:Straplike, often bluish
Stem:floral scapes only, round
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • Anna reg 18:38, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 14:57, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:35, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Luai lashire 23:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Luai lashire 00:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC)



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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Galanthus nivalis

Helleborus x hybridus

Red flowers (flowers range from whie through purple)

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Profile for Helleborus x hybridus (Hybrid Hellebore)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low herbaceous plant
Foliage:Primarily basal, palmately lobed, evergreen
Fruit:Dry capsules
Life Cycle: Perennial
Recent Logs
  • Anna reg 18:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 19:13, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 00:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Helleborus x hybridus

Magnolia stellata

Closeup of a flower

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Profile for Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Small to midsize tree with gray bark and a rounded habit
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 13:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 23:17, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 00:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 19:12, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 16:00, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Magnolia stellata

Viola x wittrockiana

A Purple-flowered variety

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Profile for Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Short-lived, low-growing perennial, with mostly cool season blooms
Higher 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)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Mid Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

Regional data and additional images for Viola x wittrockiana

Vinca minor

flowers and young foliage

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Profile for Vinca minor (Periwinkle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:prostrate vine, rooting at the nodes
Flowers:trumpet-shaped
Foliage:simple, opposite, evergreen
Life 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)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall

Regional data and additional images for Vinca minor

Stellaria media

Flower

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Profile for Stellaria media (Common Chickweed)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Creeping, mat-forming herb
Flowers:Small, white
Life Cycle: Annual
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 00:13, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
  • In w:Barcelona. --Pere prlpz (discuss • contribs) 21:31, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring. Late Spring, Early Summer, Late Fall, Early Winter

Regional data and additional images for Stellaria media

Pieris japonica

Inflorescence

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Profile for Pieris japonica (Japanese Andromeda)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:shrub or small tree
Foliage:evergreen, simple, alternate, dense near the branch tips
Fruit:dry capsules
Recent Logs

Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Pieris japonica

Scilla siberica

Blue-flowered plants in bloom

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Profile for Scilla siberica (Siberian Squill)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 00:58, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 19:11, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 22:03, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring

Regional data and additional images for Scilla siberica

Muscari armeniacum

Flowering plants

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Profile for Muscari armeniacum (Grape Hyacinth)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 11:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 19:12, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --Luai lashire 21:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:29, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 12:14, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Regional data and additional images for Muscari armeniacum


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Last updated 12:56, 28 March 2008 (UTC) from the DPL page with 17 plants.
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