Woodland Wildflowers of Illinois


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Last updated: 12-03-07




Actaea pachypoda (Doll's Eyes)

Ageratina altissima (White Snakeroot)

Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek)

Amsonia tabernaemontana (Bluestar)

Aquilegia canadensis (Wild Columbine)

Arabis laevigata (Smooth Rock Cress)

Arabis shortii (Toothed Rock Cress)

Aralia nudicaulis (Wild Sarsaparilla)

Arisaema dracontium (Green Dragon)

Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit)

Asarum canadense reflexum (Wild Ginger)

Asimina triloba (Pawpaw)

Aster cordifolius (Blue Wood Aster)

Aster ontarionis (Ontario Aster)

Aster sagittifolius (Arrow-Leaved Aster)

Aster shortii (Short's Aster)

Blephilia hirsuta (Hairy Wood Mint)

Boehmeria cylindrica cylindrica (False Nettle)

Callitriche terrestris (Terrestrial Starwort)

Campanulastrum americanum (American Bellflower)

Cardamine bulbosa (Spring Cress)

Cardamine douglasii (Purple Cress)

Cardamine pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Bitter Cress)

Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Cohosh)

Circaea lutetiana canadensis (Enchanter's Nightshade)

Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)

Collinsia verna (Blue-Eyed Mary)

Conopholis americana (Cancer Root)


Corydalis micrantha micrantha (Slender Corydalis)

Cryptotaenia canadensis (Honewort)

Cypripedium pubescens (Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid)

Delphinium tricorne (Dwarf Larkspur)

Dentaria laciniata (Cutleaf Toothwort)

Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)

Ellisia nyctelea (Aunt Lucy)

Enemion biternatum (False Rue Anemone)

Epifagus virginiana (Beechdrops)

Erythronium albidum (White Trout Lily)

Euonymus atropurpureus (Eastern Wahoo)

Floerkea proserpinacoides (False Mermaid)

Galium circaezans (Wild Licorice)

Galium triflorum (Sweet-Scented Bedstraw)

Geum vernum (Spring Avens)

Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium)

Hackelia virginiana (Stickseed)

Hamamelis virginiana (Witch-Hazel)

Hepatica nobilis acuta (Sharp-Lobed Hepatica)

Hybanthus concolor (Green Violet)

Hydrastis canadensis (Goldenseal)

Hydrophyllum appendiculatum (Great Waterleaf)

Hydrophyllum virginianum (Virginia Waterleaf)

Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Purple Rocket)

Laportea canadensis (Wood Nettle)

Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)

Lithospermum latifolium (American Gromwell)

Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)

Mitella diphylla (Bishop's Cap)

Myosotis verna (Spring Scorpion Grass)

Osmorhiza longistylis villicaulis (Aniseroot)

Parietaria pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Pellitory)

Phacelia bipinnatifida (Forest Phacelia)

Phlox divaricata laphamii (Woodland Phlox)

Pilea pumila (Clearweed)

Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)

Polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder)

Polygonatum commutatum (Solomon's Seal)

Polymnia canadensis (Leaf-Cup)

Prenanthes alba (White Lettuce)

Prenanthes altissima (Tall White Lettuce)

Prunus serotina (Wild Black Cherry)

Ranunculus recurvatus (Hooked Buttercup)

Ranunculus septentrionalis (Swamp Buttercup)

Ruellia strepens (Smooth Wild Petunia)

Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)

Sanicula canadensis grandis (Canadian Black Snakeroot)

Sanicula odorata (Common Black Snakeroot)

Saxifraga pensylvanica forbesii (Forbe's Saxifrage)

Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)

Sedum ternatum (Wild Stonecrop)

Senecio aureus (Golden Ragwort)

Silene stellata (Starry Campion)

Silene virginica (Fire Pink)

Smilacina racemosa (False Solomon's Seal)

Solidago caesia (Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod)

Solidago ulmifolia (Elm-Leaved Goldenrod)

Staphylea trifoliata (Bladdernut)

Stellaria pubera (Star Chickweed)

Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine Poppy)

Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue)

Tradescantia subaspera (Zigzag Spiderwort)


Trillium flexipes (White Trillium)

Trillium grandiflorum (Large-Flowered Trillium)

Trillium nivale (Snow Trillium)


Trillium recurvatum recurvatum (Prairie Trillium)

Trillium recurvatum shayii (Shay's Trillium)

Triosteum aurantiacum illinoense (Illinois Horse Gentian)

Triosteum perfoliatum (Late Horse Gentian)

Uvularia grandiflora (Large-Flowered Bellwort)

Valeriana pauciflora (Large-Flowered Valerian)

Valerianella umbilicata (Northern Corn Salad)

Viburnum prunifolium (Blackhaw Viburnum)

Viburnum recognitum (Smooth Arrow-Wood)

Viola missouriensis (Missouri Violet)

Viola palmata (Cleft Violet)

Viola pubescens eriocarpa (Common Yellow Violet)


Viola striata (Common White Violet)