Wildflowers of Kendall County - Purple Feb-mid-May

Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Purple Blooming: February - mid-May

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Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Blooms mid-April - mid-May

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Shrub (rare)

Dame's Rocket

Hesperis matronalis

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to wet 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)

Skunk Cabbage (Polecat Weed)

Symplocarpus foetidus

Blooms Mid-February - March

Prefers part sun to light shade, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense reflexum

Blooms April - Mid-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)

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Blooms May - mid-June

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

Tree (uncommon)

Arrow Arum

Peltandra virginica

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Red Clover (Meadow Clover)

Trifolium pratense

Blooms mid-May - November

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Blooms May

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

Wildflower (common)