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===Flowers and annual crop plants β Summer=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Common name !Latin name !Blooming months !Pollen color !Availability !Source for honeybees |- |[[Allium]] |''Allium'' spp. | | |feral and cultivated | |- |[[Onion]] |''Allium cepa'' | |style="background: #CC6;"|light olive |cultivated | |- |[[Chives]] |''Allium schoenoprasum'' |May β Sep | |feral and cultivated | |- |[[Chives|Garlic chives]] |''Allium tuberosa'' |Aug β Sep | |feral and cultivated | |- |[http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/amorphafrut.html Leadwort syn. Indigobush] |''Amorpha fruticosa'' |Jun β Jul | |ornamental? | |- |[[Aster (genus)|Aster]] |''Aster'' spp. |Sep-Frost |style="background: #FC6;"|reddish yellow |feral and ornamental | |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20060209182921/http://plants.garden-source.com/Perennials/Woods-Blue-Aster.php Land-in-blue], Bushy Aster |''Aster x dumosus'' |Aug β Sep |style="background: #8B8B00;"|bronze yellow <ref name="autogenerated1"/> |feral | |- |[[Borage]] |''Borago officinalis'' |Jun β Frost |style="background: #708090"|blueish grey |ornamental | |- |[[Pot marigold|Marigold]] |''Calendula officinalis'' |Jun β Sep |style="background: #FF7F00"|orange | | |- |[[Calluna|Heather]] sp. |''Calluna vulgaris'' |Jul β Aug |yellow white, white | |good |- |[[Hemp]] |''Cannabis sativa'' |Aug |style="background: #CF3;"|yellow green | |good source |- |[[Thistle|Blue Thistle]] |''Carduus'' spp. | | | | |- |[[Star thistle]] |''Centaurea'' spp. |Jul β Sep | | | |- |Persian centaurea |''Centaurea dealbata'' | |style="background: #C5B47F;"|hemp <ref name="autogenerated1"/> | | |- |[[Knapweed]] |''Centaurea macrocephala'' |Jul β Aug | | |good |- |[[Knapweed]] |''Centaurea nigra'' | |style="background: #CF9;"|very light olive | | |- |[[Chicory]]<ref>{{Citation|last=Legan|first=Christiaan|title=mmm... chicory|date=2012-07-21|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiaan_25/7640206984/|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> |''Cichorium intybus L.'' | |style="background: white"|white | | |- |[[Cotoneaster]] |''Cotoneaster'' spp. | | | |good |- |[[Cucumber]] |''Cucumis'' spp. | |style="background: #FF3;"|pale yellow |cultivated | |- |[[Melon]]s |''Cucumis melo'' |Jun-Frost |style="background: #FF3;"|pale yellow |cultivated | |- |[[Pumpkin]] |''Cucurbita pepo'' |Jun-Frost | style="background:#ff0;"|bright yellow |cultivated | |- |[[Fireweed]] (Rosebay Willowherb) |''Epilobium angustifolium'' |Jul β Aug | style="background:#00f;"|blue |feral | |- |[[Joe-Pye weed]], Bluestem |''Eutrochium'' spp.; ''Eupatorium purpureum'' |Aug β Sep |style="background: #3D2B1F; color: white;"|bistre green | | |- |[[Buckwheat]] |''Fagopyrum esculentum'' |Jul β Aug |style="background: #CF9;"|light yellow to light green |cultivated |good source |- |[http://www.monarchwatch.org/milkweed/guide/cynan.htm Blue vine] |''Gonolobus laevis'' syn. ''Cynanchum laeve'' | | | | |- |[[Sunflower]] |''Helianthus annuus'' |Jun β Sep |style="background: #FC0;"|golden |feral and cultivated | |- |[[Jewelweed]] |''Impatients capensis'' | |style="background: #FFFFE0"|yellowish white | | |- |[http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/37/37.7.html Alyssum] |''Lobularia maritima'' |Jun β Sep | | | |- |[[Lupin]] |''Lupinus sp.'' |Jun β Jul |white, yellow or blue | |minor |- |[[Malva sylvestris|Mallow]] |''Malva sylvestris'' |Jun β Sep | | | |- |[[Alfalfa]] |''Medicago sativa'' |July β Aug | style="background:khaki;"|khaki <ref name="autogenerated1"/> |feral and cultivated | |- |[[Clover]] |''Melilotus'' spp. and ''Trifolium'' spp. |May β Aug | |feral and cultivated | |- |[[White Sweet Clover]] |''Melilotus alba'' | |style="background: #6D351A; color: white;"|auburn <ref name="autogenerated1"/> |feral and cultivated | |- |[[Yellow Sweet Clover]] |''Melilotus officinalis'' | |style="background: #6D351A; color: white;"|auburn <ref name="autogenerated1"/> |feral and cultivated | |- |[[Basil]] |''Ocimum basilicum'' | |white |ornamental | |- |[[Poppy]] |''Papaver orientale'' |May β Jul |style="background: #708090"|blueish grey |ornamental only |good source <ref>[http://www.die-honigmacher.de/kurs2/pflanze_23.html?PHPSESSID=019c9dbb5abce89ffb53037d0187a4a2 Die Honig Macher] ( in German )</ref> |- |[[Opium poppy]] |''Papaver somniferum'' |May β Jun | style="background:grey;"|grey |feral and ornamental |very good source |- |[[Phacelia]] |''Phacelia tanacetifolia'' |Jun β Sep |style="background:#333399"|navy blue |feral and cultivated |good source |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20050208100227/http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/polpy.htm Smartweed] |''Polygonum'' spp. |Aug β Sep | | | |- |[[Stellaria media|Common Chickweed]] |''Stellaria media'' |Apr β Jul | | |minor source |- |[http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=F910 Germander] |''Teucrium chamaedrys'' |Jul β Aug | | | |- |[[Clover|Alsike Clover]] |''Trifolium hybridum'' | |style="background: #FC3;"|yellow brown | |good source |- |[[Clover|Crimson Clover]] |''Trifolium incarnatum'' | |style="background: #8B4513; color: white;"|dark brown | | |- |[[White Clover]] |''Trifolium repens'' |Jun β Jul |style="background: #753313; color: white;"|caledonian brown | |good source |- |[[Typha|Cat-tail]] |''Typha latifolia'' |Jun β Jul | | | |- |[[Vetch|Common vetch]]{{Verify source|date=January 2009}}<!-- usually used for V. sativa --> |''Vicia cracca'' |Jul β Aug | | | |- |[[Vetch|Spring Vetch]]{{Verify source|date=January 2009}}<!-- rarely if ever used for either V. sativa and V. cracca --> |''Vicia sativa'' |Jul β Aug | | | |- |[[Maize|Sweet Corn]] |''Zea mays'' |Jun β Jul |style="background: #FFFFE0"|yellowish white |cultivated | |}
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