Common names:
Cuckoo flower, lady's smock
Family:
Scientific name:
Cardamine pratensis
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, damp woodland, streambanks
Flowers:
Up to 2 cm in diameter, with four veined, white to pale pink petals and four much shorter green sepals, attached by hairless pedicels
Fruit:
Narrow, cylindrical pods up to 4 cm long, ascending
Leaves:
Basal and lower stem leaves are pinnately divided into round leaflets, the terminal lobe the largest, while the few upper stem leaves are similarly divided, into narrower leaflets. All are hairless
Season:
April to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
