Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Lavender   Blooming: mid-August - November

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Crown Vetch

Securigera varia

Blooms June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Prairie Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Biennial Gaura (Butterfly Weed)

Gaura biennis

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Blooms July - August

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Purple Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Common Water 

Horehound (American Bugleweed)

Lycopus rubellus

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

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

Spotted Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Winged Loosestrife

Lythrum alatum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Red Clover (Meadow Clover)

Trifolium pratense

Blooms mid-May - November

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Common Ironweed (Smooth Ironweed)

Vernonia fasciculata

Blooms mid-July - mid-October

Prefers full sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Scarlet Smartweed

Persicaria coccinea

Blooms mid-July - mid-October

Prefers full sun, wet soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Fringed Gentian

Gentianopsis crinita

Blooms September - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (rare)

Forget-Me-Not (True Forget-Me-Not)

Myosotis scorpioides

Blooms mid-May - mid-September

Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Nodding Thistle

Carduus nutans

Blooms Mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Purple Joe-Pye Weed

Eupatorium purpureum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers part sun, moist to 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)

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Cinnamon Willow-Herb (Purple-leafed Willow-Herb)

Epilobium coloratum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

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