Wildflowers of Kendall County - Purple mid-May

Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Purple Blooming: mid-May - June

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Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Blooms May - mid-June

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

Tree (uncommon)

Red Trillium (Prairie Trillium)

Trillium recurvatum

Blooms mid-April - mid-June

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

Wildflower (common)

Common Milkweed (Silkweed)

Asclepias syriaca

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Blooms mid-June - July

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

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)

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Blooms June - September

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

Wildflower (common)

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)

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

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)

Heart-Leaved Skullcap

Scutellaria ovata

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Water Willow

Justicia americana

Blooms June - mid-August

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

Fog Fruit

Phyla lanceolata

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Blooms May

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

Wildflower (common)