Plants of Chicago, Illinois
The plants most often spotted near Chicago, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
79,438
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 79,438 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species near Chicago. The most frequently seen is the common milkweed, with 4,750 recorded sightings.
Most-observed plants near Chicago
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
4,750 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
2,551 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
2,425 observations
wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
2,344 observations
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
2,300 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
2,286 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
2,202 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
2,178 observations
lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
2,090 observations · iNaturalist
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
2,077 observations
bittersweet nightshade
Solanum dulcamara
2,070 observations
butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
1,889 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
1,883 observations
wild carrot
Daucus carota
1,858 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
1,794 observations
Siberian squill
Scilla siberica
1,582 observations · iNaturalist
rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium
1,570 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
1,545 observations
grey-headed coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
1,474 observations
common buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica
1,458 observations
white fawnlily
Erythronium albidum
1,383 observations
cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
1,351 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
1,350 observations
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
1,348 observations
compass plant
Silphium laciniatum
1,338 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
1,336 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
1,332 observations
creeping thistle
Cirsium arvense
1,322 observations · iNaturalist
late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
1,314 observations · iNaturalist
swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
1,306 observations
golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
1,303 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
1,294 observations
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum stellatum
1,272 observations
great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
1,268 observations
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
1,263 observations
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
1,262 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
1,258 observations
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
1,244 observations
Virginia waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
1,230 observations
cutleaf teasel
Dipsacus laciniatus
1,200 observations · iNaturalist
tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
1,169 observations · iNaturalist
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
1,157 observations
white clover
Trifolium repens
1,142 observations
obedient plant
Physostegia virginiana
1,137 observations
prairie dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
1,127 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
1,097 observations
Ohio spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
1,086 observations
blue vervain
Verbena hastata
1,082 observations
eastern shooting star
Primula meadia
1,072 observations
purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
1,069 observations
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