Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page
Color: Blue Blooming: July - mid-August
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Tall
Bellflower (American
Bellflower)
Campanulastrum americanum
Blooms July - October
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Mimulus ringens
Blooms July - September
Prefers part to full sun, wet to moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
Verbena hastata
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Bittersweet
Nightshade (Deadly
Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade, Woody Nightshade)
Solanum dulcamara
Blooms June - September
Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil - Vine (common)
Pontederia cordata
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil
Aquatic (uncommon)
Cichorium intybus
Blooms June - mid-October (occasionally white)
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Smooth
Wild Petunia (Smooth
Ruellia)
Ruellia strepens
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Ground
Ivy (Creeping
Charlie, Gill-over-the-Ground)
Glechoma hederacea
Blooms April - August
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Linum perenne lewisii
Blooms June - mid-August
Prefers full sun, dry soil
Wildflower (rare)
Forget-Me-Not (True
Forget-Me-Not)
Myosotis scorpioides
Blooms mid-May - mid-September
Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Viola tricolor
Blooms mid-June - mid-August
Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Scutellaria galericulata
Blooms mid-July - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
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