Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page
Color: Maroon Blooming: February - November
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Skunk
Cabbage
(Polecat Weed)
Symplocarpus foetidus
Blooms Mid-February - March
Prefers part sun to light shade, wet to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Red Trillium (Prairie Trillium)
Trillium recurvatum
Blooms mid-April - mid-June
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Asarum canadense reflexum
Blooms April - Mid-May
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Arisaema triphyllum
Blooms May
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Toad Trillium (Sessile Trillium)
Trillium sessile
Blooms Mid-April - Mid-May
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (rare)
Asimina triloba
Blooms May - mid-June
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Tree (uncommon)
Arisaema dracontium
Blooms mid-May - June
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Amorpha fruticosa
Blooms mid-May - mid-June
Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil
Shrub (uncommon)
Horse
Gentian (Early
Horse Gentian)
Triosteum aurantiacum
Blooms June - Mid-July
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Typha latifolia
Blooms June - mid-July
Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil
Aquatic (common)
Typha angustifolia
Blooms June - mid-July
Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil
Aquatic (common)
Scirpus atrovirens
Blooms Mid-June - Mid-July
Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil
Aquatice (common)
Late
Figwort (Maryland
Figwort)
Scrophularia marilandica
Blooms August - mid-September
Prefers shade to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Blooms August - September
Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
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