Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Yellow   Blooming: mid-August - November

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Canada Goldenrod (Tall Goldenrod)

Solidago canadensis

Blooms mid-July - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (very common)

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Blooms March - November

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (very common)

Yellow Wood Sorrel (Sour Grass)

Oxalis stricta

Blooms May - October

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

Wildflower (common)

Garden Sunflower (Annual Sunflower)

Helianthus annuus

Blooms July - October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Common Evening Primrose

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)

Prickly Lettuce

Lactuca serriola

Blooms July - October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Common Beggar's Ticks

Bidens frondosa

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Tall Bur-Marigold (Crowned Beggarticks) (Tickseed Sunflower)

Bidens coronata

Blooms mid-July - mid-October

Prefers full to part sun, wet soil

Wildflower (common)

Perennial Sowthistle (Field Sow Thistle)

Sonchus arvensis

Blooms July - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Blooms August - September

Prefers full to part sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

Blooms mid-May - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Great Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Blooms mid-June - mid-October

Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Prairie Dock

Silphium terebinthinaceum

Blooms July - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Nodding Bur-Marigold

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)

Grass-Leaved Goldenrod

Euthamia graminifolia

Blooms August - September

Prefers full sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Late Goldenrod (Giant Goldenrod)

Solidago gigantea

Blooms August - September

Prefers part to full sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Stiff Goldenrod

Oligoneuron rigidum

Blooms August - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Rosinweed

Silphium integrifolium

Blooms June - September

Prefers full sun, slightly dry to slightly moist 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)

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Blooms mid-June - September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Sawtooth Sunflower

Helianthus grosseserratus

Blooms July - September

Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wingstem (Yellow Ironweed)

Verbesina alternifolia

Blooms August - September

Prefers part to full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Blooms August - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Swamp Goldenrod

Solidago patula

Blooms mid-August - September

Prefers part sun, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Yellow Coneflower (Gray-Headed Coneflower)

Ratibida pinnata

Blooms July - September

Prefers full sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Cup Plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Blooms mid-July - September

Prefers full sun, moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Sulfur Cinquefoil

Potentilla recta

Blooms mid-May - September

Prefers part to full sun, slightly dry to dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Yellow Sweet Clover

Melilotus officinalis

Blooms mid-May - September

Prefers full to part sun, 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)

Spotted St. John's Wort

Hypericum punctatum

Blooms mid-June - mid-August

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Savanna Sunflower (Pale-Leaved Sunflower)

Helianthus strumosus

Blooms August - mid-September

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Tall Agrimony

Agrimonia gryposepala

Blooms July - mid-September

Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Mustard

Sinapis arvensis

Blooms mid-June - mid-September

Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

Blooms June - mid-September

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Lettuce

Lactuca canadensis

Blooms mid-June - August

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Elm-Leaved Goldenrod

Solidago ulmifolia

Blooms August - mid-November

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

Wildflower (uncommon)

Riddell's Goldenrod

Oligoneuron riddellii

Blooms mid-August - October

Prefers full sun, moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Common Beggar's Ticks

Bidens frondosa

Blooms August - mid-October

Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

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