Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Lavender   Blooming: February - mid-May

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Sharp-Lobed Hepatica

Hepatica acutiloba

Blooms mid-March - April

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Ground Ivy (Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-the-Ground)

Glechoma hederacea

Blooms April - August

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

Wildflower (very common)

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Blooms April - June

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Blue Phlox (Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox)

Phlox divaricata laphamii

Blooms mid-April - mid-June

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

Wildflower (common)

Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Blooms mid-April - May

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Shooting Star

Dodecatheon meadia

Blooms mid-April - June

Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Great Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

Blooms May - mid-June

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Virginia Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum virginianum

Blooms May - mid-June

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

Wildflower (common)

Dame's Rocket

Hesperis matronalis

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Hyacinth

Camassia scilloides

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Virginia Bluebells (Cowslip)

Mertensia virginica

Blooms April - May

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Blooms mid-April - mid-May

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Shrub (rare)

Common Blue Violet (Common Meadow Violet, Purple Violet, Woolly Blue Violet, Hooded Violet, Wood Violet)

Viola sororia

Blooms March - May  -  Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil  -                 Wildflower (very common)

Cutleaf Toothwort

Dentaria laciniata

Blooms mid-March - May

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

Wildflower (common)

Red Clover (Meadow Clover)

Trifolium pratense

Blooms mid-May - November

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Blooms April - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Blooms mid-May - mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Forget-Me-Not (True Forget-Me-Not)

Myosotis scorpioides

Blooms mid-May - mid-September

Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

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