Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Green   Blooming: July - mid-August

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Prairie Indian Plantain

Arnoglossum plantagineum

Blooms July

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Snow-on-the-Mountain

Euphorbia marginata

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

 

 

Bur Cucumber

Sicyos angulatus

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Vine (uncommon)

 

 

Dark Green Rush

Scirpus atrovirens

Blooms Mid-June - Mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Aquatice (common)

 

 

White Sweet Clover

Melilotus alba

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

Blooms July - mid-August

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Blooms July - mid-August

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Shrub (uncommon)

 

 

Water Hemlock

Cicuta maculata

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Yellow Giant Hyssop

Agastache nepetoides

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Leaf-Cup

Polymnia canadensis

Blooms July - mid-September

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Lady's Thumb

Persicaria maculosa

Blooms June - October

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Enchanter's Nightshade

Circaea lutetiana canadensis

Blooms July

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Pale Smartweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Blooms July - September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

Swamp Tickseed (Three-lobed Beggarticks)

Bidens tripartita

Blooms July - September

Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Woodland Agrimony

Agrimonia rostellata

Blooms mid-July - August

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Woodland Knotweed (Jumpseed)

Persicaria virginiana

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

Honewort

Cryptotaenia canadensis

Blooms June - July

Prefers shade to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Illinois Sensitive Plant (Illinois Bundleflower)

Desmanthus illinoensis

Blooms mid-July - August

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

Lizard's Tail

Saururus cernuus

Blooms mid-June - July

Prefers part sun to light shade, wet soil

Aquatic (rare)

 

 

Common Black Snakeroot

Sanicula odorata

Blooms mid-May - July

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Indian Hemp (Common Dogbane)

Apocynum cannabinum

Blooms June - mid July

Prefers full sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Pale Indian Plantain

Arnoglossum atriplicifolium

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Prairie Cinquefoil

Drymocallis arguta

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Round-Headed Bush Clover

Lespedeza capitata

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

Purple Meadow Rue

Thalictrum dasycarpum

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Wild Leek (Ramps)

Allium tricoccum

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Common Beggar's Ticks

Bidens frondosa

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

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