Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Pink   Blooming: July - mid-August

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Swamp Thistle

Cirsium muticum

Blooms August - Mid-October

Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Swamp Rose

Rosa palustris

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Shrub (uncommon)

 

 

Smooth Wild Rose (Early Wild Rose, Meadow Rose)

Rosa blanda

Blooms June - mid-July

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

Shrub (common)

 

Purple Milkweed

Asclepias purpurascens

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

 

 

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Blooms August - October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Germander (American Germander)

Teucrium canadense

Blooms July - August

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

Showy Tick Trefoil

Desmodium canadense

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Nodding Wild Onion

Allium cernuum

Blooms July - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Common Milkweed (Silkweed)

Asclepias syriaca

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Winged Loosestrife

Lythrum alatum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Pasture Thistle

Cirsium discolor

Blooms August - October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

 

Pennsylvania Smartweed

Persicaria pensylvanica laevigata

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Common Morning Glory

Ipomoea purpurea

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Vine (common)

 

 

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, wet 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)

 

Fog Fruit

Phyla lanceolata

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Blooms June - September

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

Wildflower (common)

 

 

Field Bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Vine (common)

 

 

Obedient Plant (False Dragonhead)

Physostegia virginiana

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

 

 

Pickerel Weed

Pontederia cordata

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

 

 

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)

 

Wild Mint (Field Mint)

Mentha arvensis

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

 

 

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