Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Lavender   Blooming: mid-May - June

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Virginia Spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Blooms April - June

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

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)

Heart-Leaved Skullcap

Scutellaria ovata

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Shooting Star

Dodecatheon meadia

Blooms mid-April - June

Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Blooms June - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly 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)

Water Willow

Justicia americana

Blooms June - mid-August

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

Wild Hyacinth

Camassia scilloides

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Dame's Rocket

Hesperis matronalis

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to wet 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)

Hoary Vervain

Verbena stricta

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Common Milkweed (Silkweed)

Asclepias syriaca

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Self-Heal (Carpenter's Weed, Heals-All, All-Heal)

Prunella vulgaris elongata

Blooms mid-June - October

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Blooms mid-April - May

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Motherwort

Leonurus cardiaca

Blooms July - September

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

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