Plants of Chicago, Illinois
The plants most often spotted near Chicago, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
81,002
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 81,002 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species near Chicago. The most frequently seen is the common milkweed, with 5,201 recorded sightings.
Most-observed plants near Chicago
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
5,201 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
2,550 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
2,426 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
2,377 observations
wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
2,360 observations
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
2,300 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
2,213 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
2,178 observations
bittersweet nightshade
Solanum dulcamara
2,101 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
2,090 observations
lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
2,090 observations · iNaturalist
chicory
Cichorium intybus
1,924 observations
butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
1,914 observations
wild carrot
Daucus carota
1,886 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
1,795 observations
rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium
1,592 observations
Siberian squill
Scilla siberica
1,582 observations · iNaturalist
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
1,546 observations
grey-headed coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
1,539 observations
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
1,515 observations
common buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica
1,487 observations
white fawnlily
Erythronium albidum
1,383 observations
cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
1,377 observations
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
1,372 observations
compass plant
Silphium laciniatum
1,369 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
1,363 observations
great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
1,352 observations
late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
1,337 observations · iNaturalist
creeping thistle
Cirsium arvense
1,337 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
1,335 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
1,332 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
1,320 observations
swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
1,313 observations
golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
1,306 observations
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
1,295 observations
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum stellatum
1,274 observations
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
1,271 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
1,260 observations
Virginia waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
1,233 observations
cutleaf teasel
Dipsacus laciniatus
1,208 observations · iNaturalist
tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
1,191 observations · iNaturalist
prairie dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
1,176 observations
obedient plant
Physostegia virginiana
1,175 observations
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
1,161 observations
white clover
Trifolium repens
1,154 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
1,100 observations
blue vervain
Verbena hastata
1,098 observations
Ohio spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
1,089 observations
purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
1,083 observations
eastern shooting star
Primula meadia
1,072 observations
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