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What’s Blooming in September?

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.

September 2008 Native Plants
Plant name Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
American Water Horehound Lycopus americanus (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) g      
Big-bract Verbena Verbena bracteata (LLRP) f f g  
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f f f
Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii (LLRP, RCTC) f f g  
Bulblet-bearing Water Hemlock Cicuta bulbifera (RCTC, VSLRP) f g    
Bur Cucumber Sicyos angulatus (LLRP) f g    
Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis (e) f f g  
Cheerful Sunflower Helianthus laetiflorus (LLRP) g      
Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia (e) f f g  
Common Yellow Oxalis Oxalis stricta (e) f f f  
Crowned Beggar-ticks Bidens coronata (VSLRP) f f g  
Curlycup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f f g
Ditch Stonecrop Penthorum sedoides (RCTC, VSLRP) g      
Field Sagewort Artemisia campestris (LLRP, RCTC) f f f g
Flat-topped White Aster Doellingeria umbellata (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f f g
Giant Ragweed Ambrosia trifida (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f g  
Giant Sunflower Helianthus giganteus (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f g  
Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis (LLRP, RCTC) f f f g
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f f f
Groundnut Apios americana (LLRP, VSLRP) f g    
Hairy False Goldenaster Heterotheca villosa (LLRP, RCTC) f f f f
Jerusalem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus (LLRP) f f f g
Large-leaved Aster Aster macrophyllus (VSLRP) f f f g
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f f f
Nodding Bur-marigold Bidens cernua (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) b f f g
Northern Bugleweed Lycopus uniflorus (LLRP, VSLRP) g      
Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana (LLRP, RCTC) f g    
Pasture Thistle Cirsium discolor (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f g    
Prairie Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata (LLRP, RCTC) g      
Prairie Sunflower Helianthus petiolaris (LLRP) f f g  
Purple-stem Aster Symphyotrichum puniceum (RCTC, VSLRP) f f f g
Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera (LLRP, RCTC) f g    
Showy Goldenrod Pedicularis lanceolata (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) b f f g
Silky Aster Symphyotrichum sericeum (LLRP) f f f f
Sky-blue Aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f f f
Slender-leaf False Foxglove Agalinis tenuifolia (LLRP) f g    
Smooth Oxeye Heliopsis helianthoides (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f f f
Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f f f
Spotted Joe-pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f g  
Spotted Touch-me-not Impatiens capensis (LLRP, VSLRP) f f f g
Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa (VSLRP) g      
Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida (LLRP, RCTC) f f g  
Swamp Lousewort Pedicularis lanceolata (RCTC, VSLRP) f g    
Swamp Smartweed Polygonum amphibium (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f g  
Tall Boneset Eupatorium altissimum (LLRP)   b f f
White Rattlesnake-root Prenanthes alba (LLRP, RCTC) f f f g
White Snakeroot Ageratina altissima (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) f f f g
White Turtlehead Chelone glabra (VSLRP) f g    
Wild Cucumber Echinocystis lobata (LLRP, RCTC) f g    
Wild Mint Mentha arvensis (LLRP, RCTC, VSLRP) g      
Zigzag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis (LLRP) f f f g