Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

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

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Common Elderberry

Sambucus nigra canadensis

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Shrub (very common)

Pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Blooms mid-June - July

Prefers part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Quinine

Parthenium integrifolium

Blooms mid-June - mid-August

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Lizard's Tail

Saururus cernuus

Blooms mid-June - July

Prefers part sun to light shade, wet soil

Aquatic (rare)

Sweet-Scented Bedstraw

Galium triflorum

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Wild Leek (Ramps)

Allium tricoccum

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly 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)

Rue Anemone

Anemonella thalictroides

Blooms April - May

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Bishop's Cap

Mitella diphylla

Blooms mid-April - May

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

Wildflower (rare)

Mayapple

Podophyllum peltatum

Blooms mid-April - May

Prefers shade to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wood Anemone

Anemone quinquefolia

Blooms mid-April - May

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

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)

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium

Blooms May

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

Shrub (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)

Japanese Hedge Parsley

Torilis japonica

Blooms mid-June - July

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Common Hedge Parsley

Torilis arvensis

Blooms mid-June - July

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Water Hemlock

Cicuta maculata

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Wild Carrot (Queen Ann's Lace)

Daucus carota

Blooms mid-June - October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Poke Milkweed

Asclepias exaltata

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Chicory

Cichorium intybus

Blooms June - mid-October (occasionally white)

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

Wildflower (very common)

Prairie Cinquefoil

Drymocallis arguta

Blooms mid-June - mid-July

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Horse Nettle (Carolina Nightshade)

Solanum carolinense

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Smooth Beard Tongue

Penstemon calycosus

Blooms mid-June - July

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Wood Nettle

Laportea canadensis

Blooms July - September

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

Wildflower (common)

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Blooms April - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Hyacinth

Camassia scilloides

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Water Willow

Justicia americana

Blooms June - mid-August

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Aquatic (uncommon)

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)

Crown Vetch

Securigera varia

Blooms June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Upright Carrion Flower

Smilax ecirrhata

Blooms June

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Green Dragon

Arisaema dracontium

Blooms mid-May - June

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Tatarian Honeysuckle

Lonicera tatarica

Blooms mid-May - mid-June

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Shrub (common)

Catnip

Nepeta cataria

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Sunshine Rose (Prairie Rose)

Rosa arkansana

Blooms mid-May - mid-June

Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to dry soil

Shrub (uncommon)

Sulfur Cinquefoil

Potentilla recta

Blooms mid-May - September

Prefers part to full sun, slightly dry to dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Pagoda Dogwood (Alternate-Leaved Dogwood)

Cornus alternifolia

Blooms June

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Tree (uncommon)

Great Angelica

Angelica atropurpurea

Blooms June - mid-July

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Blooms June - Mid-July

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

Grass/sedge (common)

Lady's Thumb

Persicaria maculosa

Blooms June - October

Prefers full to part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

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