Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Pink   Blooming: mid-August - November

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Pasture Thistle

Cirsium discolor

Blooms August - October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Swamp Aster (Purple-Stemmed Aster)

Symphyotrichum puniceum puniceum

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Pennsylvania Smartweed

Persicaria pensylvanica laevigata

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Showy Tick Trefoil

Desmodium canadense

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Winged Loosestrife

Lythrum alatum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Common Milkweed (Silkweed)

Asclepias syriaca

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Germander (American Germander)

Teucrium canadense

Blooms July - August

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Nodding Wild Onion

Allium cernuum

Blooms July - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly 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)

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Blooms June - September

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

Wildflower (common)

Obedient Plant (False Dragonhead)

Physostegia virginiana

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Field Bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Vine (common)

Fog Fruit

Phyla lanceolata

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Bull Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Blooms August - September

Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Mint (Field Mint)

Mentha arvensis

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Stiff Gentian

Gentianella quinquefolia

Blooms mid-September - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Pickerel Weed

Pontederia cordata

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

Hairy Aster (Frost Aster)

Symphyotrichum pilosum

Blooms mid-August - October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

White Lettuce (White Rattlesnake Root)

Prenanthes alba

Blooms mid-August - October

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

Wildflower (common)

White Clover

Trifolium repens

Blooms mid-May - October

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

Wildflower (very common)

Indian Pipe

Monotropa uniflora

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers shade to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Annual Fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Blooms mid-May - October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Pale Smartweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Blooms July - September

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Slender Bush Clover

Lespedeza virginica

Blooms mid-August - September

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

Wildflower (rare)

Common Morning Glory

Ipomoea purpurea

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Vine (common)

Monkey Flower

Mimulus ringens

Blooms July - September

Prefers part to full sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

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)

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers part to full sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Grass-leaved Arrowhead (Grassy Arrowhead)

Sagittaria graminea

Blooms June - September

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

Trumpet Creeper (Trumpet Vine)

Campsis radicans

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Vine (uncommon)

Royal Catchfly

Silene regia

Blooms July - August

Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

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