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This page is part of the global dichotomous key for plants recorded as blooming in Early Winter.


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

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Forsythia x intermedia

blooming plant

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 Profile for Forsythia x intermedia (Garden Forsythia)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:suckering shrub
Flowers:4-petaled, yellow
Foliage:Simple, opposite, serrate margins, emerging about 1/2-way through full bloom
Stem:hollow pith
Recent Logs
  • --Jomegat 01:16, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 18:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
  • --Anna reg 12:01, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
  • --Anna reg 15:15, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
  • --Anna reg 08:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Winter, Mid Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

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Symplocarpus foetidus

Spathe

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 Profile for Symplocarpus foetidus (Eastern Skunk Cabbage)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Colonizing herbaceous plant
Flowers:spathe and spadix
Foliage:basal, very large
Scent:strong unpleasant odor from all parts
Life Cycle: perennial
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring

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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

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Senecio vulgaris

Stems and flowers

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 Profile for Senecio vulgaris (Common Groundsel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Low growing but upright herbaceous plant
Flowers:Enclosed heads
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Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Fall

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Taraxacum officinale

Head

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 Profile for Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:rosette-forming herbaceous plant with a long taproot
Flowers:Head, flowers are all ray-like
Foliage:Basal only, pinnately lobed
Stem:flower stems are hollow with a milky sap
Scent:mild, "sunny"
Growing Conditions:sunny and partly-shaded, well drained soils, drought intolerant
Fruit:achene with a silky pappus
Similar Plants:Hypochoeris radicata, Sonchus
Recent Logs
  • Jomegat 02:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Anna reg 10:13, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Trinity507 16:17, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Trinity507 03:48, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Anna gdf 11:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

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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

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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

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Lonicera x heckrottii

Flower cluster and foliage

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 Profile for Lonicera x heckrottii (Flame Honeysuckle)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Twining vine
Flowers:in terminal clusters, tubular, red to pink, with orange to yellow throats
Foliage:opposite, sessile, upper leaves clasping the stems
Fruit:bright red drupes
Life Cycle: perennial woody vine
Similar Plants:sometimes confused with L. sempervirens
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 29 April 2008 (from written logs)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 11:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 10:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny talk 09:31, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
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Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Mid Winter, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter

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

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Helleborus foetidus

Closeup of flower, note that the anthers are present while in bloom

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 Profile for Helleborus foetidus (Stinking Hellebore)
Identifying Characteristics
Foliage:evergreen, palmately divided
Life Cycle: perennial
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:52, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • --SB_Johnny | talk 14:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
  • SB Johnny-LM 08:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
  • HortMan 11:00, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


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

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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

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Hamamelis x intermedia

Cv. 'Jelena' in bloom

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 Profile for Hamamelis x intermedia (Hybrid Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
Habit:Large shrub or small tree, vase-shaped
Flowers:4 thread-like, showy petals
Foliage:simple, alternate, uneven at the base
Stem:zig-zag branches
Subclass plants:Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise', Hamamelis 'Diane', Hamamelis 'Jelena', Hamamelis 'Sunburst'
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • --Luai lashire 17:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


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

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Hamamelis 'Jelena'

Flowering branch

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 Profile for Hamamelis 'Jelena' ('Jelena' Witch Hazel)
Identifying Characteristics
Recent Logs
  • SB Johnny-LM 09:55, 8 January 2008 (UTC) (cv. 'Jelena', some flowers open)
  • SB Johnny-LM 10:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena', 'Diane', and 'Arnold Promise')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')
  • SB Johnny-LM 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC) ('Jelena, 'Diane', 'Arnold Promise', and 'Sunburst')


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

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Last updated 10:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC) from the DPL page with 14 plants.
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