Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Pink   Blooming: mid-May - June

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Red Clover (Meadow Clover)

Trifolium pratense

Blooms mid-May - November

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Swamp Rose

Rosa palustris

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Shrub (uncommon)

Sunshine Rose (Prairie Rose)

Rosa arkansana

Blooms mid-May - mid-June

Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to dry 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)

Tatarian Honeysuckle

Lonicera tatarica

Blooms mid-May - mid-June

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Shrub (common)

Crown Vetch

Securigera varia

Blooms June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Lady's Thumb

Persicaria maculosa

Blooms June - October

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Blooms mid-June - July

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Purple Milkweed

Asclepias purpurascens

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Deptford Pink

Dianthus armeria

Blooms mid-June - mid-August

Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

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)

Biennial Gaura (Butterfly Weed)

Gaura biennis

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Shooting Star

Dodecatheon meadia

Blooms mid-April - June

Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Onion (Wild Garlic)

Allium canadense

Blooms June

Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Common Milkweed (Silkweed)

Asclepias syriaca

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Blooms April - June

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Dame's Rocket

Hesperis matronalis

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

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