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What's Blooming?

Some obviously blooming plants along roadsides of  Wisconsin in October.
Colors Common Name Scientific Name
White
Arrow-leaved aster
Frost aster
Calico Aster
Asters
Aster sagittifolius
Aster pilosus
Aster lateriflorus
Aster spp.
Yellow
Oxeye sunflower
Canada goldenrod
also see Goldenrods.
Beggar-ticks
Butter-and-eggs
Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
Solidago canadensis
also see Solidago spp.
Bidens vulgatus 
Linaria vulgaris 
Helianthus spp.
Blue
Great blue lobelia
Sky-blue Aster
Gentians
Asters
Lobelia siphilitica
Aster oolentangiensis
Gentiana spp.
Aster spp.
Purple/Pink
New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae
Red/Orange
Touch-me-not
Cardinal Flower
Impatiens capensis 
Lobelia cardinalis var. cardinalis

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