Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Yellow   Blooming: mid-May - June

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Butterweed

Packera glabella

Blooms mid-May - June

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Common St. John's Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Blooms mid-May - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Yellow Sweet Clover

Melilotus officinalis

Blooms mid-May - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Sulfur Cinquefoil

Potentilla recta

Blooms mid-May - September

Prefers part to full sun, slightly dry to dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Common Cinquefoil

Potentilla simplex

Blooms May - June

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

Blooms mid-May - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Blooms March - November

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (very common)

 

 

Field Mustard (Rape Mustard)

Brassica rapa

Blooms mid-April - October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Blooms mid-April - mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Small-Flowered Buttercup (Littleleaf Buttercup)(Small-Flower Crowfoot)

Ranunculus abortivus

Blooms mid-April - June

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

                  

                              

Yellow Wood Sorrel (Sour Grass)

Oxalis stricta

Blooms May - October

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

Wildflower (common)

 

Moneywort

Moneywort

Blooms June - July

Prefers part sun, moist soil

Vine (common)

 

 

Wild Parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

Blooms June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Yellow Iris

Iris pseudacorus

Blooms mid-May - mid-June

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Smooth Ground Cherry (Tall Ground Cherry)

Physalis subglabrata

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Swamp Buttercup

Ranunculus septentrionalis

Blooms April - mid-June

Prefers part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

Blooms mid-June - July

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Shrub (common)

 

 

Common Evening Primrose

Oenothera biennis

Blooms mid-June - October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Great Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Blooms mid-June - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Nodding Bur-Marigold

Bidens cernua

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Rosinweed

Silphium integrifolium

Blooms June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Smooth Yellow Violet

Viola pensylvanica

Blooms April - May

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

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Wild Lettuce

Lactuca canadensis

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Wild Mustard

Sinapis arvensis

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Common Black Snakeroot

Sanicula odorata

Blooms mid-May - July

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Yellow Honeysuckle

Lonicera prolifera

Blooms May - June

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Vine (uncommon)

 

 

Indian Strawberry (Mock Strawberry)

Duchesnea indica

Blooms mid-May - September

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Yellow Pond Lily (Spatterdock)

Nuphar advena

Blooms mid-May - mid-September

Prefers part sun, wet soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

 

 

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