Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: White/Cream   Blooming: February - mid-May

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False Rue Anemone

Enemion biternatum

Blooms mid-March - April

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Cutleaf Toothwort

Dentaria laciniata

Blooms mid-March - May

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

Wildflower (common)

Sharp-Lobed Hepatica

Hepatica acutiloba

Blooms mid-March - April

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Rue Anemone

Anemonella thalictroides

Blooms April - May

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

Blooms April - mid-June

Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil

Tree (common)

Siberian Crab

Pyrus baccata

Blooms April - mid-May

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Tree (uncommon)

Bishop's Cap

Mitella diphylla

Blooms mid-April - May

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

Wildflower (rare)

Wood Anemone

Anemone quinquefolia

Blooms mid-April - May

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Dutchman's Breeches

Dicentra cucullaria

Blooms mid-April - mid-May

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Garlic Mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Blooms mid-April - June

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

Wildflower (common)

Annual Bedstraw (Cleavers)

Galium aparine

Blooms mid-April - June

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Mayapple

Podophyllum peltatum

Blooms mid-April - May

Prefers shade to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Trout Lily (White Dogtooth Violet)

Erythronium albidum

Blooms April

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

Wildflower (common)

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

Blooms mid-April - mid-May

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

Wildflower (common)

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

Blooms mid-April - May

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Shrub (common)

Spring Cress

Cardamine bulbosa

Blooms mid-April - May

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Twinleaf

Jeffersonia diphylla

Blooms mid-April - mid-May

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Starry False Solomon's Seal

Smilacina stellata

Blooms mid-April - June

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Blooms May

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Tree (common)

Choke Cherry

Prunus virginiana

Blooms May

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Shrub (common)

Wild Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Blooms May

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Star-of-Bethlehem

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

White Baneberry (Doll's Eyes)

Actaea pachypoda

Blooms May - mid-June

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Smooth Sweet Cicely (Aniseroot)

Osmorhiza longistylis

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum commutatum

Blooms May - June

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Moonseed Vine

Menispermum canadense

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers shade to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil

Vine (common)

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Blooms April - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Virginia Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum virginianum

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, 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)

Great Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

Blooms May - mid-June

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Shooting Star

Dodecatheon meadia

Blooms mid-April - June

Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Hop Hornbeam (Ironwood)

Ostrya virginiana

Blooms mid-April - mid-May

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Tree (common)

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