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Cuckoo Flower (Lady's Smock)
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Cardamine pratensis
Pale lilac four-petalled flowers in damp meadows, blooming around the time the first cuckoo is heard in spring — that's how it got its name!
Height
50 cm
Blooms
Apr–May
Family
Cabbage (Brassicaceae)
Latin name
Cardamine pratensis
Where to find
- Damp meadows
- Stream sides
- Wet roadside ditches