Wildflowers of Kendall County - Purple mid-Aug

Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Purple Blooming: mid-August - November

(continued)

Tap/click picture to open plant page

Spotted Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Prairie Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya

Blooms mid-July - mid-September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Common Milkweed (Silkweed)

Asclepias syriaca

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Pasture Thistle

Cirsium discolor

Blooms August - October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

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)

Red Clover (Meadow Clover)

Trifolium pratense

Blooms mid-May - November

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Lady's Thumb

Persicaria maculosa

Blooms June - October

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Nodding Thistle

Carduus nutans

Blooms Mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Swamp Aster (Purple-Stemmed Aster)

Symphyotrichum puniceum puniceum

Blooms mid-August - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil - Wildflower (uncommon)

Swamp Thistle

Cirsium muticum

Blooms August - Mid-October

Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Fog Fruit

Phyla lanceolata

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Hairy Wood Mint

Blephilia hirsuta

Blooms July - September

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Blooms July - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to 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)

Germander (American Germander)

Teucrium canadense

Blooms July - August

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)