Wildflowers of Illinois
in Savannas & Thickets


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Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop)

Agrimonia pubescens (Downy Agrimony)

Ampelamus albidus (Bluevine)

Anemone virginiana (Tall Anemone)

Antennaria plantaginifolia (Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes)

Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)

Asclepias purpurascens (Purple Milkweed)

Aster lateriflorus (Calico Aster)

Aster turbinellus (Turbinate Aster)

Calystegia sepium (Hedge Bindweed)

Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper)

Celastrus scandens (American Bittersweet)

Chaerophyllum procumbens (Wild Chervil)

Chenopodium standleyanum (Woodland Goosefoot)

Cirsium altissimum (Tall Thistle)

Clematis pitcheri (Pitcher's Leather Flower)

Clematis virginiana (Virgin's Bower)

Cornus drummondii (Rough-Leaved Dogwood)

Dasistoma macrophylla (Mullein Foxglove)

Desmodium perplexum (Perplexing Tick Trefoil)

Eupatoriadelphus purpureus (Sweet Joe-Pye Weed)

Fallopia scandens (Climbing Buckwheat)

Gentiana alba (Cream Gentian)

Gentianella quinquefolia (Stiff Gentian)

Geum canadense (White Avens)

Geum laciniatum (Rough Avens)

Helianthus decapetalus (Ten-Petal Sunflower)

Humulus lupulus (American Hops)

Ipomoea pandurata (Wild Sweet Potato)

Krigia biflora (Two-Flowered Cynthia)

Lespedeza hirta (Hairy Bush Clover)

Lespedeza virginica (Slender Bush Clover)

Lilium canadense (Canada Lily)

Lilium superbum (Turkcap's Lily)

Lobelia inflata (Indian Tobacco)

Menispermum canadense (Moonseed)


Monarda bradburiana (Bradbury's Bee Balm)

Napaea dioica (Glade Mallow)

Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper)

Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Boston Ivy)

Penstemon calycosus (Long-Sepaled Penstemon)

Phlox paniculata (Summer Phlox)

Prunus americana (Wild Plum)

Ranunculus fascicularis (Early Buttercup)

Rhus aromatica (Fragrant Sumac)

Rhus copallina (Winged Sumac)

Rhus glabra (Smooth Sumac)

Rhus hirta (Staghorn Sumac)

Ribes cynosbati (Prickly Gooseberry)


Ribes missouriense (Missouri Gooseberry)


Rosa setigera (Wild Climbing Rose)

Rubus allegheniensis (Common Blackberry)

Rubus flagellaris (Common Dewberry)

Rubus occidentalis (Black Raspberry)

Rudbeckia fulgida (Orange Coneflower)

Rudbeckia laciniata (Cutleaf Coneflower)

Rudbeckia submentosa (Sweet Coneflower)

Sambucus canadensis (Common Elderberry)

Scutellaria incana (Downy Skullcap)

Sicyos angulatus (Bur Cucumber)

Smilacina stellata (Starry False Solomon's Seal)

Smilax hispida (Bristly Greenbrier)

Solidago rugosa (Wrinkle-Leaved Goldenrod)

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (Coralberry)

Taenidia integerrima (Yellow Pimpernel)

Teucrium canadense (American Germander)

Toxicodendron radicans (Poison Ivy)

Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia Spiderwort)

Urtica gracilis (Slender Nettle)

Verbena urticifolia (White Vervain)

Verbesina alternifolia (Wingstem)

Vernonia gigantea (Tall Ironweed)

Viola fimbriatula (Sand Violet)

Viola sororia albiflora (White Wood Violet)

Viola sororia priceana (Confederate Violet)

Viola sororia sororia (Common Blue Violet)

Vitis cinerea (Winter Grape)

Vitis riparia (Riverbank Grape)