Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

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

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Sweet-Scented Bedstraw

Galium triflorum

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Chicory

Cichorium intybus

[occasionally white blloms]

Blooms June - mid-October

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

Nodding Wild Onion

Allium cernuum

Blooms July - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Blue Lettuce

Lactuca floridana

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Rattlesnake Master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Blooms July - Mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Biennial Gaura (Butterfly Weed)

Gaura biennis

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Indian Pipe

Monotropa uniflora

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers shade to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Rough Pigweed (Rough Amaranth)

Amaranthus retroflexus

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Common Ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Blooms August - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Giant Ragweed

Ambrosia trifida

Blooms August - September

Prefers full sun, moist to 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)

Purple Joe-Pye Weed

Eupatorium purpureum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Catnip

Nepeta cataria

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Crown Vetch

Securigera varia

Blooms June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Blooms July - August

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Pennsylvania Smartweed

Persicaria pensylvanica laevigata

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Sulfur Cinquefoil

Potentilla recta

Blooms mid-May - September

Prefers part to full sun, slightly dry to dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Motherwort

Leonurus cardiaca

Blooms July - September

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Summer Phlox (Garden Phlox)

Phlox paniculata

Blooms July - mid-October

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Lady's Thumb

Persicaria maculosa

Blooms June - October

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Large-Leaved Aster (Big-Leaved Aster)

Eurybia macrophylla

Blooms September - mid-October

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Stiff Gentian

Gentianella quinquefolia

Blooms mid-September - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Heart-Leaved Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Obedient Plant (False Dragonhead)

Physostegia virginiana

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Common Morning Glory

Ipomoea purpurea

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Vine (common)

Field Bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Vine (common)

Fog Fruit

Phyla lanceolata

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Mad-Dog Skullcap (Hoodwort, Virginian Skullcap)

Scutellaria lateriflora

Blooms August - September

Prefers part to full sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Marsh Skullcap

Scutellaria galericulata

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Asiatic Dayflower

Commelina communis

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Clearweed

Pilea pumila

Blooms August - September

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Slender Bush Clover

Lespedeza virginica

Blooms mid-August - September

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

Wildflower (rare)

Crooked-Stem Aster (Zig-Zag Aster)

Aster prenanthoides

Blooms mid-August - September

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Swamp Aster (Purple-Stemmed Aster)

Symphyotrichum puniceum puniceum

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

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

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