Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page
Color: Blue Blooming: mid-May - June
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Linum perenne lewisii
Blooms June - mid-August
Prefers full sun, dry soil
Wildflower (rare)
Lupinus perennis
Blooms mid-May - June
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly 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)
Blue
Flag Iris (Blue
Flag)
Iris virginica shrevei
Blooms May - June
Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
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)
Psoralidium tenuiflorum
Blooms June - mid-July
Prefers full sun, dry to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (rare)
Viola tricolor
Blooms mid-June - mid-August
Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Hairy
VetchVicia villosa
Blooms June - mid-July
Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Bachelor's
Button
(Common Cornflower, Bluebottle, Boutonniere Flower, Hurtsickle, Cyani
Flower)
Centaurea cyanus
Blooms May - mid-June
Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil - Wildflower (uncommon)
Blue
Phlox (Wild
Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox)
Phlox divaricata laphamii
Blooms mid-April - mid-June
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist 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)
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)
Virginia
Bluebells (Cowslip)
Mertensia virginica
Blooms April - May
Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Common
Blue Violet (Common
Meadow Violet, Purple Violet, Woolly Blue Violet, Hooded Violet, Wood
Violet)
Viola sororia
Blooms March - May - Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil - Wildflower (very common)
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