Wildflowers of Illinois
in Woodlands


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Acalypha deamii (Deam's Mercury)

Actaea pachypoda (Doll's Eyes)


Actaea rubra (Red Baneberry)

Ageratina altissima (White Snakeroot)

Allium burdickii (Narrow-leaved Wild Leek)

Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek)

Amsonia tabernaemontana (Bluestar)

Anemonella thalictroides (Rue Anemone)

Antenoron virginianum (Jumpseed)

Aplectrum hyemale (Putty-root Orchid)

Aquilegia canadensis (Wild Columbine)

Aralia nudicaulis (Wild Sarsaparilla)

Arisaema dracontium (Green Dragon)

Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit)

Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia Snakeroot)

Arnoglossum reniforme (Great Indian Plantain)

Asarum canadense reflexum (Wild Ginger)

Asclepias exaltata (Poke Milkweed)

Blephilia hirsuta (Hairy Wood Mint)

Boechera dentata (Toothed Rock Cress)

Boechera laevigata (Smooth Rock Cress)

Boehmeria cylindrica (False Nettle)

Callitriche terrestris (Terrestrial Starwort)

Campanulastrum americanum (American Bellflower)

Cardamine bulbosa (Spring Cress)

Cardamine douglassii (Purple Cress)

Cardamine pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Bitter Cress)

Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh)

Chenopodium simplex (Maple-leaved Goosefoot)

Chimaphila maculata (Striped Wintergreen)

Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Cohosh)

Circaea lutetiana canadensis (Enchanter's Nightshade)

Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)

Collinsia verna (Blue-eyed Mary)

Collinsonia canadensis (Richweed)

Conopholis americana (Cancer Root)

Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Autumn Coralroot)

Corydalis micrantha micrantha (Slender Corydalis)

Cryptotaenia canadensis (Honewort)

Cunila origanoides (American Dittany)

Cypripedium pubescens (Yellow Lady's Slipper)

Delphinium tricorne (Dwarf Larkspur)

Dentaria laciniata (Cutleaf Toothwort)

Desmodium glutinosum (Pointed-leaved Tick Trefoil)

Desmodium nudiflorum (Naked-flowered Tick Trefoil)

Dicentra canadensis (Squirrel Corn)

Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)

Ellisia nyctelea (Aunt Lucy)

Enemion biternatum (False Rue Anemone)

Epifagus virginiana (Beechdrops)

Erigenia bulbosa (Harbinger-of-Spring)

Erythronium albidum (White Trout Lily)

Erythronium americanum (Yellow Trout Lily)

Euonymus obovatus (Running Strawberry Bush)

Eurybia macrophylla (Big-leaved Aster)

Floerkea proserpinacoides (False Mermaid)

Galium circaezans (Wild Licorice)

Galium concinnum (Shining Bedstraw)

Galium triflorum (Sweet-scented Bedstraw)

Gaultheria procumbens (Wintergreen)

Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium)

Geum vernum (Spring Avens)

Goodyera pubescens (Downy Rattlesnake-Plantain)

Hackelia virginiana (Stickseed)

Hedeoma pulegioides (American Pennyroyal)

Hepatica nobilis acuta (Sharp-lobed Hepatica)

Heracleum maximum (Cow Parsnip)

Heuchera americana hirsuticaulis (Woodland Alumroot)

Hybanthus concolor (Green Violet)

Hydrangea arborescens (Wild Hydrangea)

Hydrastis canadensis (Goldenseal)

Hydrophyllum appendiculatum (Great Waterleaf)

Hydrophyllum virginianum (Virginia Waterleaf)

Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Purple Rocket)

Laportea canadensis (Wood Nettle)

Lithospermum latifolium (American Gromwell)

Maianthemum canadense interius (Canada Mayflower)

Medeola virginiana (Indian Cucumber-Root)

Melanthium woodii (Wood's Bunchflower)

Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)

Mitchella repens (Partridge Berry)

Mitella diphylla (Bishop's Cap)

Moehringia lateriflora (Grove Sandwort)

Monotropa hypopitys (Pinesap)

Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipe)

Myosotis verna (Spring Scorpion Grass)

Orobanche uniflora (One-flowered Broomrape)

Osmorhiza longistylis (Aniseroot)

Packera aurea (Golden Ragwort)

Panax quinquefolius (American Ginseng)

Panax trifolius (Dwarf Ginseng)

Parietaria pensylvanica (Pennyslvania Pellitory)

Phacelia bipinnatifida (Forest Phacelia)

Phlox divaricata divaricata (Woodland Phlox)

Phlox divaricata laphamii (Woodland Phlox)

Phryma leptostachya (Lopseed)

Pilea pumila (Clearweed)

Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)

Polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder)

Polygonatum commutatum (Solomon's Seal)

Polygonatum pubescens (Hairy Solomon's Seal)

Polymnia canadensis (Leaf-Cup)

Prenanthes alba (White Lettuce)

Prenanthes altissima (Tall White Lettuce)

Ranunculus hispidus (Hispid Buttercup)

Ranunculus recurvatus (Hooked Buttercup)

Ranunculus septentrionalis (Swamp Buttercup)

Ruellia strepens (Smooth Wild Petunia)

Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)

Sanicula canadensis (Canadian Black Snakeroot)

Sanicula odorata (Common Black Snakeroot)

Saxifraga pensylvanica forbesii (Forbe's Saxifrage)

Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)

Scutellaria elliptica (Hairy Skullcap)

Scutellaria ovata (Heart-leaved Skullcap)

Sedum ternatum (Wild Stonecrop)

Silene stellata (Starry Campion)

Silene virginica (Fire Pink)

Smilacina racemosa (False Solomon's Seal)

Smilax ecirrhata (Upright Carrion Flower)

Smilax illinoensis (Illinois Carrion Flower)

Solidago caesia (Blue-stemmed Goldenrod)

Solidago flexicaulis (Zigzag Goldenrod)

Solidago ulmifolia (Elm-leaved Goldenrod)

Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink)

Spiranthes ovalis (Lesser Ladies' Tresses)

Stellaria pubera (Star Chickweed)

Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine Poppy)

Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster)

Symphyotrichum drummondii (Drummond's Aster)

Symphyotrichum ontarionis (Ontario Aster)

Symphyotrichum sagittifolium (Arrow-leaved Aster)

Symphyotrichum shortii (Short's Aster)

Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue)

Tradescantia subaspera (Zigzag Spiderwort)

Trientalis borealis (Starflower)

Trillium erectum (Red Trillium)

Trillium flexipes (White Trillium)

Trillium grandiflorum (Large-flowered Trillium)

Trillium nivale (Snow Trillium)

Trillium recurvatum recurvatum (Prairie Trillium)

Trillium recurvatum shayii (Shay's Trillium)

Trillium sessile (Sessile Trillium)

Triosteum aurantiacum aurantiacum (Early Horse Gentian)

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 acerifolium (Maple-leaved Viburnum)

Viola canadensis (Canada Violet)

Viola conspersa (Dog Violet)

Viola missouriensis (Missouri Violet)

Viola palmata dilatata (Cleft Violet)

Viola palmata palmata (Three-lobed Violet)

Viola pubescens eriocarpa (Smooth Yellow Violet)

Viola pubescens pubescens (Hairy Yellow Violet)

Viola striata (Striped White Violet)

Waldsteinia fragarioides (Barren Strawberry)



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Last update: 3-14-20