Wildflowers of Kendall County - Blue mid-Aug

Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Blue Blooming: mid-August - November

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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)

Pasture Thistle

Cirsium discolor

Blooms August - October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Self-Heal (Carpenter's Weed, Heals-All, All-Heal)

Prunella vulgaris elongata

Blooms mid-June - October

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Stickseed

Hackelia virginiana

Blooms July - October

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Blue Lettuce

Lactuca floridana

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Heart-Leaved Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Short's Aster

Symphyotrichum shortii

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Showy Aster

Aster spectabilis

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Common Morning Glory

Ipomoea purpurea

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Vine (common)

Bushy Aster (Rice Button Aster)

Aster dumosus

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Swamp Aster (Purple-Stemmed Aster)

Symphyotrichum puniceum puniceum

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil - Wildflower (uncommon)

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Blooms June - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Crooked-Stem Aster (Zig-Zag Aster)

Aster prenanthoides

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Hoary Vervain

Verbena stricta

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Stiff-Leaved Aster (Flax-Leaved Aster)

Ionactis linariifolius

Blooms mid-September - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry soil - Wildflower (rare)

Stiff Gentian

Gentianella quinquefolia

Blooms mid-September - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Large-Leaved Aster (Big-Leaved Aster)

Eurybia macrophylla

Blooms September - mid-October

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Field Bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Vine (common)

Germander (American Germander)

Teucrium canadense

Blooms July - August

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Blooms August - October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Showy Tick Trefoil

Desmodium canadense

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Purple Joe-Pye Weed

Eupatorium purpureum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Catnip

Nepeta cataria

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Prairie Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Northern Bugleweed

Lycopus uniflorus

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (uncommon)