Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Green   Blooming: mid-August - November

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Rough Pigweed (Rough Amaranth)

Amaranthus retroflexus

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Slender Pigweed (Green Amaranth)

Amaranthus hybridus

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Clearweed

Pilea pumila

Blooms August - September

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Three-Seeded Mercury (Rhomboid Mercury)

Acalypha rhomboidea

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Common Cocklebur

Xanthium strumarium

Blooms August - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (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)

Tall Nettle

Urtica procera

Blooms July - mid-September

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

Wildflower (common)

Wood Nettle

Laportea canadensis

Blooms July - September

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

Wildflower (common)

Rattlesnake Master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Blooms July - Mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Catnip

Nepeta cataria

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Late Figwort (Maryland Figwort)

Scrophularia marilandica

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers shade to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Common Plantain

Plantago major

Blooms June - August

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Hemp (Marijuana)

Cannabis sativa

Blooms July - August

Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Climbing Buckwheat

Fallopia scandens

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Vine (common)

Water Pepper

Persicaria hydropiper

Blooms August - September

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Water Lettuce (Tropical Duckweed)(Water Cabbage)

Pistia stratiotes

Blooms July - August

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

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