What’s Blooming in August?
If you are looking for something specific, try the “find in page” feature of your browser (usually CTRL+F). Only native plants, and locations in and near Ramsey County are listed here. Reference: chart keys and locations.
See also: non-native plant chart and blog field reports.
| Plant name | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| American Hog Peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata (LLRP, VSLRP) | b | f | g | |
| American Water Horehound Lycopus americanus (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| American White Waterlily Nymphaea odorata (VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| Big-bract Verbena Verbena bracteata (LLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| Blue Giant Hyssop Agastache foeniculum (LLRP, RCTC) | f | f | f | g |
| Blue Vervain Verbena hastata (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | f | f |
| Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii (LLRP, RCTC) | b | |||
| Bulblet-bearing Water Hemlock Cicuta bulbifera (RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | f | |
| Bur Cucumber Sicyos angulatus (LLRP) | b | f | ||
| Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis (e) | f | f | f | f |
| Canadian Horseweed Conyza canadensis (LLRP, RCTC) | f | f | f | g |
| Cheerful Sunflower Helianthus laetiflorus (LLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Common Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | g | |||
| Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia (e) | f | f | f | f |
| Common Yellow Oxalis Oxalis stricta (e) | f | f | f | f |
| Crowned Beggar-ticks Bidens coronata (VSLRP) | b | f | ||
| Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum (LLRP, VSLRP) | f | g | ||
| Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum (LLRP) | f | |||
| Curlycup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Ditch Stonecrop Penthorum sedoides (RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Field Sagewort Artemisia campestris (LLRP, RCTC) | b | f | f | f |
| Flat-topped White Aster Doellingeria umbellata (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | ||
| Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata (LLRP, VSLRP) | f | g | ||
| Germander Teucrium canadense (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | g | ||
| Giant Ragweed Ambrosia trifida (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | f | |
| Giant Sunflower Helianthus giganteus (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | ||
| Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | ||
| Gray-headed Coneflower Ratibida pinnata (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | f | f |
| Groundnut Apios americana (LLRP, VSLRP) | b | f | ||
| Hairy False Goldenaster Heterotheca villosa (LLRP, RCTC) | f | f | f | f |
| Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium (LLRP) | f | f | ||
| Hedge Nettle Stachys palustris (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | g | ||
| Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | g | |
| Indian Hemp Apocynum cannabinum (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | g | ||
| Jerusalem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus (LLRP) | b | |||
| Large-leaved Aster Aster macrophyllus (VSLRP) | b | f | f | f |
| Marsh Bellflower Campanula aparinoides (LLRP, VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| Michigan Lily Lilium michiganense (LLRP, VSLRP) | g | |||
| New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | |||
| Northern Bugleweed Lycopus uniflorus (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Nuttall's Evening Primrose Oenothera nuttallii (LLRP) | g | |||
| Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana (LLRP, RCTC) | b | f | f | f |
| Pasture Thistle Cirsium discolor (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | f | |
| Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya (LLRP, RCTC) | f | f | g | |
| Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera (LLRP, VSLRP) | f | g | ||
| Prairie Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata (LLRP, RCTC) | b | f | f | f |
| Prairie Onion Allium stellatum (LLRP) | f | f | g | |
| Prairie Sunflower Helianthus petiolaris (LLRP) | b | f | ||
| Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | g | ||
| Purple-stem Aster Symphyotrichum puniceum (RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | f | |
| Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera (LLRP, RCTC) | b | f | f | |
| Round-headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata (LLRP, RCTC) | b | f | f | g |
| Showy Tick-trefoil Desmodium canadense (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| Silky Aster Symphyotrichum sericeum (LLRP, RCTC) | b | f | ||
| Silky Prairie Clover Dalea villosa (LLRP) | f | f | g | |
| Sky-blue Aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | ||
| Slender-leaf False Foxglove Agalinis tenuifolia (LLRP) | b | f | ||
| Smooth Oxeye Heliopsis helianthoides (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | f | |
| Spotted Joe-pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | f | f |
| Spotted Touch-me-not Impatiens capensis (LLRP, VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | g | ||
| Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa (VSLRP) | b | f | f | f |
| Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida (LLRP, RCTC) | b | f | f | |
| Swamp Lousewort Pedicularis lanceolata (RCTC, VSLRP) | b | f | ||
| Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | g |
| Swamp Smartweed Polygonum amphibium (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Tall Blue Lettuce Lactuca biennis (LLRP, RCTC) | b | f | f | g |
| Tall Hairy Agrimony Agrimonia gryposepala (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | g | |||
| Threepetal Bedstraw Galium trifidum (VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | g | |
| White Prairie Clover Dalea candida (LLRP, RCTC) | f | f | g | |
| White Snakeroot Ageratina altissima (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| White Turtlehead Chelone glabra (VSLRP) | b | |||
| White Vervain Verbena urticifolia (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | g | |
| Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | g | ||
| Wild Cucumber Echinocystis lobata (LLRP, RCTC) | f | f | f | f |
| Wild Lettuce Lactuca canadensis (LLRP, RCTC) | f | f | f | g |
| Wild Mint Mentha arvensis (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) | f | f | f | f |
| Yellow Pond Lily Nuphar lutea (VSLRP) | f | f | g | |
| Zigzag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis (LLRP) | b |
