Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page
Color: Blue Blooming: mid-August - November
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Aster sagittifolius
Blooms August - mid-November
Prefers part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Symphyotrichum laeve
Blooms August - mid-October
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Tall
Bellflower (American
Bellflower)
Campanulastrum americanum
Blooms July - October
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Lobelia siphilitica
Blooms August - mid-October
Prefers part to full sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Cichorium intybus
Blooms June - mid-October (occasionally white)
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Cirsium vulgare
Blooms August - September
Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Mad-Dog Skullcap
(Hoodwort, Virginian Skullcap)
Scutellaria lateriflora
Blooms August - September
Prefers part to full sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Mimulus ringens
Blooms July - September
Prefers part to full sun, wet to moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
Gentianopsis crinita
Blooms September - mid-October
Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (rare)
Gentiana andrewsii
Blooms mid-August - September
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)
Forget-Me-Not (True
Forget-Me-Not)
Myosotis scorpioides
Blooms mid-May - mid-September
Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Lespedeza virginica
Blooms mid-August - September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
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)
Smooth
Wild Petunia (Smooth
Ruellia)
Ruellia strepens
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Commelina communis
Blooms August - mid-September
Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Pontederia cordata
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil
Aquatic (uncommon)
Verbena hastata
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
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