Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page
Color: Yellow Blooming: July - mid-August
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Agrimonia gryposepala
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Perennial
Sowthistle (Field Sow Thistle)
Sonchus arvensis
Blooms July - mid-October
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Brassica nigra
Blooms mid-May - mid-October
Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Silphium integrifolium
Blooms June - September
Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Yellow
Coneflower (Gray-Headed Coneflower)
Ratibida pinnata
Blooms July - September
Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Lactuca canadensis
Blooms mid-June - August
Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Sinapis arvensis
Blooms mid-June - mid-September
Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Yellow
Wood Sorrel (Sour Grass)
Oxalis stricta
Blooms May - October
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Oenothera biennis
Blooms mid-June - October
Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Field
Mustard (Rape Mustard)
Brassica rapa
Blooms mid-April - October
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Verbascum thapsus
Blooms mid-June - mid-October
Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Silphium terebinthinaceum
Blooms July - September
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Wild Golden Glow (Tall, Cutleaf or Green-headed Coneflower)
Rudbeckia laciniata
Blooms July - September
Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Smooth
Ground Cherry (Tall
Ground Cherry)
Physalis subglabrata
Blooms mid-June - mid-September
Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Pastinaca sativa
Blooms June - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Silphium laciniatum
Blooms mid-June - mid-September
Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Tanacetum vulgare
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Solidago juncea
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Hypericum punctatum
Blooms mid-June - mid-August
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Hairy Sunflower (Stiff-Hair
Sunflower)
Helianthus hirsutus
Blooms July - September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Yellow Jewelweed (Pale
Touch-Me-Not)
Impatiens pallida
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Polymnia canadensis
Blooms July - mid-September
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Bird's
Foot Trefoil
(Butter and Eggs)
Lotus corniculatus
Blooms mid-June - mid-August
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Lysimachia ciliata
Blooms mid-June - mid-August
Prefers part sun, moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Long-headed
Coneflower (Mexican
Hat)
Ratibida columnifera
Blooms mid-June - mid-September
Prefers full sun, dry soil
Wildflower (rare)
Taraxacum officinale
Blooms March - November
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (very common)
Garden Sunflower (Annual
Sunflower)
Helianthus annuus
Blooms July - October
Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Lactuca serriola
Blooms July - October
Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Tall Hedge Mustard (Small Tumbleweed Mustard)
Sisymbrium loeselii
Blooms May - October
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Bidens cernua
Blooms mid-June - September
Prefers full to part sun, moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Swamp Tickseed (Three-lobed Beggarticks)
Bidens tripartita
Blooms July - September
Prefers part sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Heliopsis helianthoides
Blooms mid-June - September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Helianthus grosseserratus
Blooms July - September
Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Silphium perfoliatum
Blooms mid-July - September
Prefers full sun, moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Indian
Strawberry (Mock
Strawberry)
Duchesnea indica
Blooms mid-May - September
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Potentilla recta
Blooms mid-May - September
Prefers part to full sun, slightly dry to dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Melilotus officinalis
Blooms mid-May - September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Hypericum perforatum
Blooms mid-May - mid-September
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Yellow
Pond Lily (Spatterdock)
Nuphar advena
Blooms mid-May - mid-September
Prefers part sun, wet soil
Aquatic (uncommon)
Agrimonia rostellata
Blooms mid-July - August
Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Thinleaf Sunflower (Pale Sunflower)(Ten-Petal
Sunflower)
Helianthus decapetalus
Blooms mid-July - September
Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Blooms mid-July - September
Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil
Wildflower (rare)
Coreopsis tripteris
Blooms mid-July - September
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Dasistoma macrophylla
Blooms mid-July - August
Prefers part sun, slightly dry soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Sand Coreopsis)
Coreopsis lanceolata
Blooms mid-May - July
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (rare)
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