Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page
Color: Green Blooming: July - mid-August
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Eryngium yuccifolium
Blooms July - Mid-September
Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Plantago major
Blooms June - August
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Laportea canadensis
Blooms July - September
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Nepeta cataria
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Aralia racemosa
Blooms July - mid-August
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
Hemp (Marijuana)
Cannabis sativa
Blooms July - August
Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
Urtica procera
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Late
Figwort (Maryland
Figwort)
Scrophularia marilandica
Blooms August - mid-September
Prefers shade to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Carex grayi
Blooms Mid-June - July
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to wet soil
Grass/sedge (uncommon)
Horse
Gentian (Early
Horse Gentian)
Triosteum aurantiacum
Blooms June - Mid-July
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Angelica atropurpurea
Blooms June - mid-July
Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Blooms August - September
Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Ambrosia trifida
Blooms August - September
Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Elymus hystrix
Blooms June - Mid-July
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil
Grass/sedge (common)
Pilea pumila
Blooms August - September
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Xanthium strumarium
Blooms August - September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Rough
Pigweed (Rough Amaranth)
Amaranthus retroflexus
Blooms August - mid-October
Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Slender
Pigweed (Green
Amaranth)
Amaranthus hybridus
Blooms August - mid-October
Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Water
Lettuce (Tropical Duckweed)(Water Cabbage)
Pistia stratiotes
Blooms July - August
Prefers full to part sun, wet soil
Aquatic (uncommon)
Phytolacca americana
Blooms mid-June - July
Prefers part sun, moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Rhus glabra
Blooms mid-June - July
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Shrub (common)
Persicaria hydropiper
Blooms August - September
Prefers full to part sun, wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Astragalus canadensis
Blooms July - August
Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
Conyza canadensis
Blooms mid-July - October
Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Penthorum sedoides
Blooms mid-June - September
Prefers part to full sun, wet soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Arctium lappa
Blooms July - October
Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
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