Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County

Index by Scientific Name

 (in alphabetical order, common name in parenthesis)

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Acalypha rhomboidea (Three-Seeded Mercury)
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
Actaea pachypoda (White Baneberry)
Actinomeris alternifolia (Wingstem)
Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop)
Ageratina altissima (White Snakeroot)
Agrimonia gryposepala (Tall Agrimony)
Agrimonia rostellata (Woodland Agrimony)
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard)
Allium canadense (Wild Onion)
Allium cernuum (Nodding Wild Onion)
Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek)
Amaranthus hybridus (Slender Pigweed)
Amaranthus retroflexus (Rough Pigweed)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Common Ragweed)
Ambrosia trifida (Giant Ragweed)
Amorpha canescens (Lead Plant)
Amorpha fruticosa (Indigo Bush)
Anemone canadensis (Meadow Anemone)
Anemone quinquefolia (Wood Anemone)
Anemone virginiana (Tall Anemone)
Anemonella thalictroides (Rue Anemone)
Angelica atropurpurea (Great Angelica)
Anthriscus sylvestris (False Chervil)
Apocynum cannabinum (Indian Hemp)
Aquilegia canadensis (Wild Columbine)
Aralia racemosa (American Spikenard)
Arctium minus (Common Burdock)
Arctium lappa (Greater Burdock)
Arisaema dracontium (Green Dragon)
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit)
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Pale Indian Plantain)
Arnoglossum plantagineum (Prairie Indian Plantain)
Asarum canadense reflexum (Wild Ginger)
Asclepias exaltata (Poke Milkweed)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
Asclepias purpurascens (Purple Milkweed)
Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed)
Asclepias verticillata (Whorled Milkweed)
Asimina triloba (Pawpaw)
Aster cordifolium (Heart-Leaved Aster)
Aster dumosus (Bushy Aster)
Aster ericoides (Heath Aster)
Aster laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)
Aster lanceolatum (Panicled Aster)
Aster lateriflorum (Side-Flowering Aster)
Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster)
Aster ontarionis (Ontario Aster)
Aster pilosum (Hairy Aster)
Aster prenanthoides (Crooked-Stem Aster)
Aster ptarmicoides (Stiff Aster)
Aster puniceum (Swamp Aster)
Aster sagittifolius (Arrow-leaved Aster)
Aster shortii (Short's Aster)
Aster spectabilis (Showy Aster)
Astragalus canadensis (Canada Milkvetch)
Baptisia leucantha (White Wild Indigo)
Bidens cernua (Nodding Bur-Marigold)
Bidens coronata (Tall Bur-Marigold)
Bidens frondosa (Common Beggar's Ticks)
Bidens tripartita (Swamp Tickseed)
Bidens vulgata (Tall Beggar's Ticks)
Blephilia hirsuta (Hairy Wood Mint)
Brassica nigra (Black Mustard)
Brassica rapa (Field Mustard)
Brickellia eupatorioides (False Boneset)
Cacalia atriplicifolia (Pale Indian Plantain)
Cacalia plantaginea (Prairie Indian Plantain)
Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
Camassia scilloides (Wild Hyacinth)
Campanula americanum (Tall Bellflower)
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper)
Cannabis sativa (Hemp)
Cardamine bulbosa (Spring Cress)
Cardamine concatenata (Cutleaf Toothwort)
Carduus nutans (Nodding Thistle)
Carex grayi (Gray's Sedge)
Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory)
Cassia fasciculata (Partridge Pea)
Catalpa speciosa (Catalpa)
Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh)
Centaurea cyanus (Bachelor's Button)
Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush)
Cerastium arvense (Field Chickweed)
Cercis canadensis (Redbud)
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea)
Chelone glabra linifolia (White Turtlehead)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Ox-Eye Daisy)
Cichorium intybus (Chicory)
Cicuta maculata (Water Hemlock)
Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Cohosh)
Circaea lutetiana canadensis (Enchanter's Nightshade)
Cirsium arvense (Canada Thistle)
Cirsium discolor (Pasture Thistle)
Cirsium muticum (Swamp Thistle)
Cirsium vulgare (Bull Thistle)
Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)
Clematis virginiana (Virgin's Bower)
Commelina communis (Asiatic Dayflower)
Conium maculatum (Poison Hemlock)
Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed)
Conyza canadensis (Horseweed)
Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-leaved Coreopsis)
Coreopsis tripteris (Tall Coreopsis)
Cornus alternifolia (Pagoda Dogwood)
Cornus racemosa (Gray Dogwood)
Crataegus crus-galli (Cock-Spur Hawthorn)
Cryptotaenia canadensis (Honewort)
Cypripedium parviflorum v. pubescens (Large Yellow Lady's Slipper)
Dalea candida (White Prairie Clover)
Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)
Dasistoma macrophylla (Mullein Foxglove)
Datura stramonium (Jimsonweed)
Daucus carota (Wild Carrot)
Dentaria laciniata (Cutleaf Toothwort)
Desmanthus illinoensis (Illinois Sensitive Plant)
Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil)
Desmodium illinoense (Illinois Tick Trefoil)
Dianthus armeria (Deptford Pink)
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)
Dipsacus fullonum (Common Teasel)
Dipsacus sylvestris (Common Teasel)
Dodecatheon meadia (Shooting Star)
Drymocallis arguta (Prairie Cinquefoil)
Duchesnea indica (Indian Strawberry)
Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower)
Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
Echinocystis lobata (Wild Cucumber)
Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush Grass)
Enemion biternatum (False Rue Anemone)
Epilobium coloratum (Cinnamon Willow-Herb)
Erigeron annuus (Annual Fleabane)
Erigeron canadensis (Horseweed)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
Erythronium albidum (Trout Lily)
Eupatorium altissimum (Tall Boneset)
Eupatorium maculatum (Spotted Joe-Pye Weed)
Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common Boneset)
Eupatorium purpureum (Purple Joe-Pye Weed)
Eupatorium rugosum (White Snakeroot)
Eupatorium serotinum (Late Boneset)
Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge)
Euphorbia marginata (Snow-on-the-Mountain)
Eurybia macrophylla (Large-Leaved Aster)
Eurybia spectabilis (Showy Aster)
Euthamia graminifolia (Grass-Leaved Goldenrod)
Eutrochium maculatum (Spotted Joe-Pye Weed)
Fallopia scandens (Climbing Buckwheat)
Filipendula rubra (Queen-of-the-Prairie)
Fragaria virginiana (Wild Strawberry)
Galium aparine (Annual Bedstraw)
Galium circaezans (Wild Licorice)
Galium concinnum (Shining Bedstraw)
Galium triflorum (Sweet-Scented Bedstraw)
Gaura biennis (Biennial Gaura)
Gentiana alba (Cream Gentian)
Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)
Gentiana procera (Fringed Gentian)
Gentianella quinquefolia (Stiff Gentian)
Gentianopsis crinita (Fringed Gentian)
Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium)
Geum canadense (Wood Avens)
Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy)
Hackelia virginiana (Stickseed)
Helenium autumnale (Common Sneezeweed)
Helianthus annuus (Garden Sunflower)
Helianthus decapetalus (Thinleaf Sunflower)
Helianthus giganteus (Giant Sunflower)
Helianthus grosseserratus (Sawtooth Sunflower)
Helianthus hirsutus (Hairy Sunflower)
Helianthus lactiflorus (Showy Sunflower)
Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian's Sunflower)
Helianthus strumosus (Savanna Sunflower)
Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem Artichoke)
Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)
Hemerocallis fulva (Orange Day Lily)
Hepatica acutiloba (Sharp-Lobed Hepatica)
Heracleum maximum (Cow Parsnip)
Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket)
Hibiscus trionum (Flower-of-an-Hour)
Hieracium aurantiacum (Orange Hawkweed)
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum (Great Waterleaf)
Hydrophyllum virginianum (Virginia Waterleaf)
Hypericum perforatum (Common St. John's Wort)
Hypericum punctatum (Spotted St. John's Wort)
Hystrix patula (Bottlebrush Grass)
Impatiens capensis (Orange Jewelweed)
Impatiens pallida (Yellow Jewelweed)
Ionactis linariifolius (Stiff-Leaved Aster)
Ipomoea pandurata (Wild Sweet Potato)
Ipomoea purpurea (Common Morning Glory)
Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Iris)
Iris virginica shrevei (Blue Flag Iris)
Isopyrum biternatum (False Rue Anemone)
Jeffersonia diphylla (Twinleaf)
Justicia americana (Water Willow)
Kuhnia eupatorioides (False Boneset)
Lactuca canadensis (Wild Lettuce)
Lactuca floridana (Blue Lettuce)
Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)
Laportea canadensis (Wood Nettle)
Lemna minor (Common Duckweed)
Leonurus cardiaca (Motherwort)
Lepidium campestre (Field Peppergrass)
Lespedeza capitata (Round-Headed Bush Clover)
Lespedeza virginica (Slender Bush Clover)
Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star)
Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazing Star)
Lilium michiganense (Michigan Lily)
Lilium philadelphicum (Wood Lily)
Linum perenne lewisii (Wild Blue Flax)
Lippia lanceolata (Fogfruit)
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)
Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle)
Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian Honeysuckle)
Lonicera prolifera (Yellow Honeysuckle)
Lotus corniculatus (Bird's Foot Trefoil)
Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine)
Lycopus americanus (Common Water Horehound)
Lycopus rubellus (Common Water Horehound)
Lycopus uniflorus (Northern Bugleweed)
Lysimachia ciliata (Fringed Loosestrife)
Lysimachia nummularia (Moneywort)
Lythrum alatum (Winged Loosestrife)
Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)
Maianthemum racemosum (Feathery False Solomon's Seal)
Maianthemum stellatum (Starry False Solomon's Seal)
Malus baccata (Siberian Crab)
Melilotus alba (White Sweet Clover)
Melilotus officinalis (Yellow Sweet Clover)
Menispermum canadense (Moonseed Vine)
Mentha arvensis (Wild Mint)
Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)
Mimulus ringens (Monkey Flower)
Mitella diphylla (Bishop's Cap)
Mollugo verticillata (Carpetweed)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)
Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipe)
Myosotis scorpioides (Forget-Me-Not)
Myosoton aquaticum (Water Chickweed)
Nepeta cataria (Catnip)
Nuphar advena (Yellow Pond Lily)
Nymphaea odorata (Fragrant Water Lily)
Oenothera biennis (Common Evening Primrose)
Oligoneuron riddellii (Riddell's Goldenrod)
Oligoneuron rigidum (Stiff Goldenrod)
Ornithogalum umbellatum (Star-of-Bethlehem)
Osmorhiza longistylis (Smooth Sweet Cicely)
Ostrya virginiana (Hop Hornbeam)
Oxalis stricta (Yellow Wood Sorrel)
Packera glabella (Butterweed)
Parnassia glauca (Grass-of-Parnassus)
Parthenium integrifolium (Wild Quinine)
Pastinaca sativa (Wild Parsnip)
Pedicularis lanceolata (Swamp Betony)
Peltandra virginica (Arrow Arum)
Penstemon calycosus (Smooth Beard Tongue)
Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beard Tongue)
Penthorum sedoides (Ditch Stonecrop)
Persicaria coccinea (Scarlet Smartweed)
Persicaria hydropiper (Water Pepper)
Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Smartweed)
Persicaria maculosa (Lady's Thumb)
Persicaria pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Smartweed)
Persicaria virginiana (Woodland Knotweed)
Petalostemum candidum (White Prairie Clover)
Petalostemum purpureum (Purple Prairie Clover)
Phleum pratense (Timothy)
Phlox divaricata laphamii (Blue Phlox)
Phlox paniculata (Summer Phlox)
Phryma leptostachya (Lopseed)
Phyla lanceolata (Fogfruit)
Physalis subglabrata (Smooth Ground Cherry)
Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)
Phytolacca americana (Pokeweed)
Pilea pumila (Clearweed)
Pistia stratiotes (Water Lettuce)
Plantago major (Common Plantain)
Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)
Polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder)
Polygonatum canaliculatum (Solomon's Seal)
Polygonatum commutatum (Solomon's Seal)
Polygonum persicaria (Lady's Thumb)
Polygonum scandens (Climbing Buckwheat)
Polygonum virginianum (Woodland Knotweed)
Polymnia canadensis (Leaf-Cup)
Polytaenia nuttallii (Prairie Parsley)
Pontederia cordata (Pickerel Weed)
Potentilla arguta (Prairie Cinquefoil)
Potentilla recta (Sulfur Cinquefoil)
Potentilla simplex (Common Cinquefoil)
Prenanthes alba (White Lettuce)
Prenanthes crepidinea (Tall White Lettuce)
Prunella vulgaris elongata (Self-Heal)
Prunus serotina (Wild Black Cherry)
Prunus virginiana (Choke Cherry)
Psoralea tenuiflora (Scurfy Pea)
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Scurfy Pea)
Ptelea trifoliata (Wafer Ash)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Slender Mountain Mint)
Pycnanthemum virginianum (Common Mountain Mint)
Pyrus baccata (Siberian Crab)
Ranunculus abortivus (Small-Flowered Buttercup)
Ranunculus septentrionalis (Swamp Buttercup)
Ratibida columnifera (Long-headed Coneflower)
Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower)
Rhus glabra (Smooth Sumac)
Ribes americanum (Wild Black Currant)
Rosa blanda (Smooth Wild Rose)
Rosa multiflora (Multiflora Rose)
Rosa palustris (Swamp Rose)
Rosa arkansana (Sunshine Rose)
Rubus allegheniensis (Common Blackberry)
Rubus argutus (Highbush Blackberry)
Rubus occidentalis (Black Raspberry)
Rubus pensilvanicus (Yankee Blackberry)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-Eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia laciniata (Wild Golden Glow)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Black-Eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia triloba (Brown-Eyed Susan)
Ruellia strepens (Smooth Wild Petunia)
Sagittaria graminea (Grass-leaved Arrowhead)
Sagittaria latifolia (Common Arrowhead)
Salix discolor (Pussy Willow)
Sambucus nigra canadensis (Common Elderberry)
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
Sanicula marilandica) (Common Black Snakeroot)
Sanicula odorata (Common Black Snakeroot)
Saponaria officinalis (Soapwort)
Saururus cernuus (Lizard's Tail)
Scilla siberica (Siberian Squill)
Scirpus atrovirens (Dark Green Rush)
Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)
Scutellaria galericulata (Marsh Skullcap)
Scutellaria lateriflora (Mad-Dog Skullcap)
Scutellaria ovata (Heart-Leaved Skullcap)
Securigera varia (Crown Vetch)
Seymeria macrophylla (Mullein Foxglove)
Sicyos angulatus (Bur Cucumber)
Silene cucubalus (Bladder Campion)
Silene latifolia (Evening Campion)
Silene regia (Royal Catchfly)
Silene stellata (Starry Campion)
Silene virginica (Fire Pink)
Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion)
Silphium integrifolium (Rosinweed)
Silphium laciniatum (Compass Plant)
Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant)
Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)
Sinapis arvensis (Wild Mustard)
Sisymbrium loeselii (Tall Hedge Mustard)
Smilacina racemosa (Feathery False Solomon's Seal)
Smilacina stellata (Starry False Solomon's Seal)
Smilax ecirrhata (Upright Carrion Flower)
Solanum carolinense (Horse Nettle)
Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet Nightshade)
Solidago caesia (Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis (Canada Goldenrod)
Solidago flexicaulis (Zigzag Goldenrod)
Solidago gigantea (Late Goldenrod)
Solidago graminifolia (Grass-Leaved Goldenrod)
Solidago juncea (Early Goldenrod)
Solidago patula (Swamp Goldenrod)
Solidago riddellii (Riddell's Goldenrod)
Solidago rigidum (Stiff Goldenrod)
Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod)
Solidago uliginosa (Bog Goldenrod)
Solidago ulmifolia (Elm-Leaved Goldenrod)
Sonchus arvensis (Perennial Sowthistle)
Spiranthes cernua (Nodding Ladies' Tresses)
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Heart-Leaved Aster)
Symphyotrichum dumosum (Bushy Aster)
Symphyotrichum ericoides (Heath Aster)
Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Panicled Aster)
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (Side-Flowering Aster)
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)
Symphyotrichum ontarionis (Ontario Aster)
Symphyotrichum pilosum (Hairy Aster)
Symphyotrichum puniceum (Swamp Aster)
Symphyotrichum shortii (Short's Aster)
Symphyotrichum sagittifolius) (Arrow-leaved Aster)
Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk Cabbage)
Tanacetum vulgare (Common Tansy)
Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion)
Teucrium canadense (Germander)
Thalictrum dasycarpum (Purple Meadow Rue)
Thaspium trifoliatum (Meadow Parsnip)
Torilis arvensis (Common Hedge Parsley)
Torilis japonica (Japanese Hedge Parsley)
Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio Spiderwort)
Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia Spiderwort)
Tragopogon pratensis  (Yellow Goat's Beard)
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)
Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Trillium recurvatum (Red Trillium)
Trillium sessile (Toad Trillium)
Triosteum aurantiacum (Horse Gentian)
Typha angustifolia (Narrow-Leaved Cattail)
Typha latifolia (Common Cattail)
Urtica procera (Tall Nettle)
Uvularia grandiflora (Bellwort)
Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein)
Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain)
Verbena stricta (Hoary Vervain)
Verbena urticifolia (White Vervain)
Verbesina alternifolia (Wingstem)
Vernonia fasciculata (Common Ironweed)
Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)
Viburnum lentago (Nannyberry)
Viburnum prunifolium (Blackhaw Viburnum)
Viburnum rafinesquianum (Downy Arrow-wood)
Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberry Bush)
Vicia villosa (Hairy Vetch)
Viola pensylvanica (Smooth Yellow Violet)
Viola pubescens (Smooth Yellow Violet)
Viola sororia (Common Blue Violet)
Viola tricolor (Johnny Jump-Up)
Xanthium strumarium (Common Cocklebur)
Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)

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