Wildflowers of Kendall County - Lavender July

Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Lavender Blooming: July - mid-August

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Germander (American Germander)

Teucrium canadense

Blooms July - August

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Hoary Vervain

Verbena stricta

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Stickseed

Hackelia virginiana

Blooms July - October

Prefers part sun, slightly 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)

Summer Phlox (Garden Phlox)

Phlox paniculata

Blooms July - mid-October

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Nodding Wild Onion

Allium cernuum

Blooms July - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

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)

Common Milkweed (Silkweed)

Asclepias syriaca

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Hairy Wood Mint

Blephilia hirsuta

Blooms July - September

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Motherwort

Leonurus cardiaca

Blooms July - September

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Blooms July - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Blooms June - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly 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)

Water Willow

Justicia americana

Blooms June - mid-August

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

Field Bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Vine (common)

Obedient Plant (False Dragonhead)

Physostegia virginiana

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Wild Mint (Field Mint)

Mentha arvensis

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Swamp Thistle

Cirsium muticum

Blooms August - Mid-October

Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Heart-Leaved Skullcap

Scutellaria ovata

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Virginia Spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Pennsylvania Smartweed

Persicaria pensylvanica laevigata

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Common Morning Glory

Ipomoea purpurea

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Vine (common)

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