Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Green   Blooming: mid-May - June

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Dark Green Rush

Scirpus atrovirens

Blooms Mid-June - Mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Aquatice (common)

 

 

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Blooms mid-May - June

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Shrub (common)

 

 

Common Black Snakeroot

Sanicula odorata

Blooms mid-May - July

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Field Peppergrass (Field Cress)

Lepidium campestre

Blooms May - June

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

Purple Meadow Rue

Thalictrum dasycarpum

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

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

Ranunculus abortivus

Blooms mid-April - June

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

 

 

Feathery False Solomon's Seal

Smilacina racemosa

Blooms May - mid-June

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

Wildflower (common)

 

Honewort

Cryptotaenia canadensis

Blooms June - July

Prefers shade to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Indian Hemp (Common Dogbane)

Apocynum cannabinum

Blooms June - mid July

Prefers full sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

White Baneberry (Doll's Eyes)

Actaea pachypoda

Blooms May - mid-June

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

Wild Licorice

Galium circaezans

Blooms June

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Lady's Thumb

Persicaria maculosa

Blooms June - October

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Lizard's Tail

Saururus cernuus

Blooms mid-June - July

Prefers part sun to light shade, wet soil

Aquatic (rare)

 

 

White Sweet Clover

Melilotus alba

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Wild Leek (Ramps)

Allium tricoccum

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Prairie Cinquefoil

Drymocallis arguta

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Water Hemlock

Cicuta maculata

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Yellow Giant Hyssop

Agastache nepetoides

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Blooms mid-April - May

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Wild Black Currant

Ribes americanum

Blooms April - May

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

Shrub (uncommon)

 

 

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