What’s Blooming in August?
Note: Due to the unusual heat and severe drought we're having, many plants are blooming earlier and withering away much quicker than they would in a more normal season. Hopefully things will turn around in the near future.
If you are looking for something specific, try the “find in page” feature of your browser. In the interest of saving space, most very common plants such as white clover are omitted.
Month at a glance:
- Week 1: days 1-7
- Week 2: days 8-14
- Week 3: days 15-21
- Week 4: days 22 to month-end
Key:
- b: budding or first blooms
- f: full bloom
- g: going to seed or blooms fading
Locations are as follows:
- Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park (CRDRP), Coon Rapids, MN
- Fort Snelling State Park (FSSP), St Paul, MN
- Long Lake Regional Park (LLRP), New Brighton, MN
- Pioneer Park (PP), Blaine, MN
Regrettably, trips to Wild River State Park (WRSP) will be infrequent for the rest of the summer.
| Plant name | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa Medicago sativa (CRDRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Allegheny Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens (PP) | f | f | f | g | ||||
| American Bellflower Campanula americana (FSSP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| American Water Horehound Lycopus americanus (LLRP) | f | f | f | g | ||||
| Asiatic Dayflower Commelina communis (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Azure Aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (LLRP) | b | f | f | |||||
| Bigbract Verbena Verbena bracteata (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Blood Milkwort Polygala sanguinea (PP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Blue Giant Hyssop Agastache foeniculum (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Blue Skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora (LLRP) | f | f | g | |||||
| Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum (PP) | f | f | f | g | ||||
| Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii (LLRP) | b | f | ||||||
| Bouncing Bet Saponaria officinalis (PP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Bur Cucumber Sicyos angulatus (CRDRP) | f | f | f | |||||
| Bur Marigold Bidens cernua (PP) | b | f | ||||||
| Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Canada St. Johnswort Hypericum canadense (PP) | f | g | ||||||
| Carpetweed Mollugo verticillata (CRDP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Cheerful Sunflower Helianthus x laetiflorus (LLRP) | b | f | f | f | ||||
| Common Sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Cross-leaved Milkwort Polygala cruciata (PP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum (LLRP) | f | f | g | |||||
| Cut-leaf Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata (FSSP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Day Lily Hemerocallis fulva (LLRP) | f | g | ||||||
| Daisy Fleabane Erigeron strigosus (LLRP) | f | g | ||||||
| Ditch Stonecrop Penthorum sedoides (CRDRP) | f | f | f | |||||
| Dotted Smartweed Polygonum punctatum (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| False Foxglove Agalinis tenuifolia (PP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Field Sagewort Artemisia campestris (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Flat-topped Aster Doellingeria umbellata (PP) | f | f | f | g | ||||
| Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Giant Sunflower Helianthus giganteus (PP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Gray-headed Coneflower Ratibida pinnata (LLRP) | f | g | ||||||
| Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica (PP) | b | f | f | f | ||||
| Groundnut Apios americana (LLRP) | b | f | f | f | ||||
| Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa (LLRP) | b | f | f | f | ||||
| Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium (PP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Hemp Cannabis sativa (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Hog Peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata (LLRP) | b | f | f | g | ||||
| Horseweed Conyza canadensis (LLRP) | f | g | ||||||
| Indian Hemp Apocynum cannabinum (LLRP) | f | g | ||||||
| Jerusalem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum (LLRP) | f | f | f | g | ||||
| Jumpseed Polygonum virginianum (CRDRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Lance-leaf Fog Fruit Phyla lanceolata (CRDRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Large-leaved Aster Aster macrophyllus (PP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Marsh Bellflower Campanula aparinoides (PP) | f | f | f | g | ||||
| Marsh Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata (PP) | f | f | f | g | ||||
| Marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum fraseri (PP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Maximilian's Sunflower Helianthus maximiliani (FSSP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Nodding Ladie's-tresses Spiranthes cernua (PP) | b | f | ||||||
| Nodding Smartweed Polygonum lapathifolium (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Northern Bugleweed Lycopus uniflorus (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana (CRDRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Pasture Thistle Cirsium discolor (LLRP) | f | f | f | g | ||||
| Prairie Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata (LLRP) | f | f | g | |||||
| Prairie Onion Allium stellatum (LLRP) | f | g | ||||||
| Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Purple Stem Aster Aster puniceus (PP) | b | f | ||||||
| Red-whisker Clammyweed Polanisia dodecandra (CRDRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Rough Blazing-star Liatris aspera (LLRP) | b | f | f | |||||
| Round-headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Selfheal Prunella vulgaris (LLRP) | f | |||||||
| Silky Aster Symphyotrichum sericeum (LLRP) | b | |||||||
| Silky Prairie Clover Dalea villosa (LLRP) | f | g | ||||||
| Small-flowered False Foxglove Agalinis paupercula (LLRP) | b | f | f | f | ||||
| Small-spike False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale (FSSP) | b | f | f | f | ||||
| Spoon-leaved Sundew Drosera intermedia (PP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Spotted Knapweed Centaurea biebersteinii (LLRP) | f | g | ||||||
| Spotted Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Spotted Touch-me-not Impatiens capensis (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium (LLRP) | f | g | ||||||
| Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa (PP) | f | g | ||||||
| Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida (LLRP) | b | f | f | f | ||||
| Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata (LLRP) | f | f | f | g | ||||
| Swamp Smartweed Polygonum amphibium (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Tall Boneset Eupatorium altissimum (LLRP) | b | f | ||||||
| Thyme-leaf Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| White Meadowsweet Spiraea alba (PP) | g | |||||||
| White Sage Artemisia ludoviciana (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| White Snakeroot Ageratina altissima (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Wild Cucumber Echinocystis lobata (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Wild Lettuce Lactuca canadensis (LLRP) | b | f | f | f | ||||
| Wild Mint Mentha arvensis (LLRP) | f | f | f | f | ||||
| Winged Pigweed Cycloloma atriplicifolium (CRDRP) | f | f | f | |||||
