Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page
Color: Lavender Blooming: mid-August - November
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Aster sagittifolius
Blooms August - mid-November
Prefers part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Cichorium intybus
Blooms June - mid-October (occasionally white)
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Phyla lanceolata
Blooms mid-June - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Blooms August - October
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Cirsium discolor
Blooms August - October
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
White
Lettuce (White
Rattlesnake Root)
Prenanthes alba
Blooms mid-August - October
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Symphyotrichum laeve
Blooms August - mid-October
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Tall
Bellflower (American
Bellflower)
Campanulastrum americanum
Blooms July - October
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Lobelia siphilitica
Blooms August - mid-October
Prefers part to full sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Bushy Aster (Rice Button Aster)
Aster dumosus
Blooms mid-August - mid-October
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Swamp
Aster (Purple-Stemmed
Aster)
Symphyotrichum puniceum puniceum
Blooms mid-August - mid-October
Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil - Wildflower (uncommon)
Cirsium vulgare
Blooms August - September
Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Mad-Dog Skullcap
(Hoodwort, Virginian Skullcap)
Scutellaria lateriflora
Blooms August - September
Prefers part to full sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Mimulus ringens
Blooms July - September
Prefers part to full sun, wet to moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
Liatris aspera
Blooms July - September
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Lespedeza virginica
Blooms mid-August - September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
Dipsacus fullonum
Blooms mid-July - September
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Smooth
Wild Petunia (Smooth
Ruellia)
Ruellia strepens
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Gentianella quinquefolia
Blooms mid-September - mid-October
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
Pontederia cordata
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil
Aquatic (uncommon)
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