Cardamine pratensis L.
(Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)

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Cardamine pratensis var plenum
Double-flowered Lady’s Smock
Inflorescence (Click to open)
 		Variety 5 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
GenusCardamine (bitter-cresses)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower) :
1: Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
18 Apr 2011 OSGR: SD87 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
colony on roadside verge
Image 1: Flowering colonyImage 2: Flowering colony (2)Image 3: Flowering colony (3)
2: Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
13 May 2001 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: FlowersImage 2: Flowers - close-upImage 3: InflorescencesImage 4: Flower - enlarged
3: Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
13 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: In situImage 2: Leaf rosetteImage 3: Stem leaves
4: Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
6 May 2000 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flower - close-upImage 2: Flowers - close-upImage 3: Inflorescence - side viewImage 4: Inflorescence - top viewImage 5: Plants with flowers at edge of pool
5: Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
3 Apr 1977 OSGR: SU73 51° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
on roadside verge
Image 1: Plant - close-upImage 2: Plant - close-up (2)
6: Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
2 May 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Flowers - close-up
7: Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
3 May 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Several plants on a floating log in a ditch
Image 1: Plants
8: Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
2 May 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Plant

Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cardamine pratensis (Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
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