Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Lavender   Blooming: mid-May - June

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Timothy

Phleum pratense

Blooms mid-June - July

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Grass/sedge (common)

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Blooms mid-June - July

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)

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to 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)

Red Clover (Meadow Clover)

Trifolium pratense

Blooms mid-May - November

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Forget-Me-Not (True Forget-Me-Not)

Myosotis scorpioides

Blooms mid-May - mid-September

Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Scurfy Pea

Psoralidium tenuiflorum

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers full sun, dry to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (rare)

Swamp Rose

Rosa palustris

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Shrub (uncommon)

Tatarian Honeysuckle

Lonicera tatarica

Blooms mid-May - mid-June

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Shrub (common)

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Blooms April - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Purple Milkweed

Asclepias purpurascens

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (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)

Nodding Thistle

Carduus nutans

Blooms Mid-June - September

Prefers full 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)

Cutleaf Toothwort

Dentaria laciniata

Blooms mid-March - May

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

Wildflower (common)

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