Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: White/Cream   Blooming: mid-August - November

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White Turtlehead

Chelone glabra linifolia

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Tall Boneset

Eupatorium altissimum

Blooms mid-August - September

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

Wildflower (common)

White Lettuce (White Rattlesnake Root)

Prenanthes alba

Blooms mid-August - October

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

Wildflower (common)

Late Boneset

Eupatorium serotinum

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Horseweed

Conyza canadensis

Blooms mid-July - October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

White Clover

Trifolium repens

Blooms mid-May - October

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

Wildflower (very common)

Pale Smartweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Blooms July - September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Horse Nettle (Carolina Nightshade)

Solanum carolinense

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Grass-leaved Arrowhead (Grassy Arrowhead)

Sagittaria graminea

Blooms June - September

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

Wild Cucumber

Echinocystis lobata

Blooms August - September

Prefers part sun, moist soil

Vine (uncommon)

Nodding Ladies' Tresses

Spiranthes cernua

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Flower-of-an-Hour

Hibiscus trionum

Blooms Mid-August - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Cinnamon Willow-Herb (Purple-leafed Willow-Herb)

Epilobium coloratum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Common Water

Horehound (American Bugleweed)

Lycopus rubellus

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

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

Woodland Knotweed (Jumpseed)

Persicaria virginiana

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

False Boneset

Brickellia eupatorioides

Blooms mid-August - mid-September

Prefers full sun, dry to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Flowering Spurge

Euphorbia corollata

Blooms July- August

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Virgin's Bower

Clematis virginiana

Blooms mid-July - August

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Vine (rare)

Illinois Sensitive Plant (Illinois Bundleflower)

Desmanthus illinoensis

Blooms mid-July - August

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Wood Nettle

Laportea canadensis

Blooms July - September

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

Wildflower (common)

Cream Gentian

Gentiana alba

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Hairy Aster (Frost Aster)

Symphyotrichum pilosum

Blooms mid-August - October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Side-Flowering Aster (Calico Aster)

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Swamp Betony (Swamp Lousewort)

Pedicularis lanceolata

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Climbing Buckwheat

Fallopia scandens

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Vine (common)

White Vervain

Verbena urticifolia

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Common Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Aquatic (common)

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

Blooms August - October

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Water Chickweed

Myosoton aquaticum

Blooms mid-June - mid-October

Prefers part to full sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Bur Cucumber

Sicyos angulatus

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Vine (uncommon)

Slender Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Blooms July - September

Prefers full sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Water Pepper

Persicaria hydropiper

Blooms August - September

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Tall Nettle

Urtica procera

Blooms July - mid-September

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

Wildflower (common)

Grass-of-Parnassus

Parnassia glauca

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers part to full sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Heath Aster (Many-flowered Aster)

Symphyotrichum ericoides

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Northern Bugleweed

Lycopus uniflorus

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

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)

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