Wildflowers of Kendall County

Most of the pictures on this site were taken in our Kendall County Forest Preserves. It is our sincere hope that this site will help you identify and learn more about our native plants here in Kendall County. We hope to inspire further exploring and appreciation of this natural heritage, to raise awareness of threats such as invasive species, and to inspire you to volunteer in helping restore and preserve our natural areas.

This site is structured as a field guide to help identify plants found in the wild. The links below are to index pages, either by common name, by scientific name, or by bloom color and blooming period which you may click/tap to browse.

These webpages are currently edited by Kenneth Mozingo, Master Naturalist and Kendall County Forest Preserves Volunteer, with advisor David Guritz. There are no guarantees that the information here is 100% correct, but we do our best to prevent inaccuracies. If you do find any errors in the plant information or identification, please contact us. And we would especially like to know about (with pictures and bloom and plant details) any Kendall County plant you find out there that is not included in this website. Click here for acknowledgments and references.

 

Index to plants sorted by common name.

 

Index to plants sorted by scientific name.

 

WHITE/CREAM flowers blooming:

 

   February - mid-May

 

   mid-May - June

 

   July - mid-August

 

   mid-August - November

 

 YELLOW flowers blooming:

 

   February - mid-May

 

   mid-May - June

 

   July - mid-August

 

   mid-August - November

 

 

RED/ORANGE flowers blooming:

 

   February - June

 

   July - November

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAROON/BROWN flowers blooming:

 

   February - November

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PINK flowers blooming:

 

   February - mid-May

 

   mid-May - June

 

   July - mid-August

 

   mid-August - November

 

 

PURPLE flowers blooming:

 

   February - mid-May

 

   mid-May - June

 

   July - mid-August

 

   mid-August - November

 

 

LAVENDER flowers blooming:

 

   February - mid-May

 

   mid-May - June

 

   July - mid-August

 

   mid-August - November

 

 

BLUE flowers blooming:

 

   February - mid-May

 

   mid-May - June

 

   July - mid-August

 

   mid-August - November

 

 

GREEN flowers blooming:

 

   February - mid-May

 

   mid-May - June

 

   July - mid-August

 

   mid-August - November

 

 

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