species

Cardamine pratensis

Milkmaids · Mayflower · Cuckooflower · Lady's smock

A scale drawing of Cardamine pratensis, beside a 1.7 m figure.

Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.

Cardamine pratensis belongs to the family Brassicaceae, also known as Milkmaids, Mayflower, Cuckooflower or Lady's smock, native to the UK. It grows in full sun or part shade, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or poorly drained conditions.

Assembled from the attributes recorded below.

What this plant needs

Aspect
Full sun, Part shade
Acidity
Acid, Neutral
Moisture
Moist, Poorly drained
In the UK
Native

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Record data from biflora (45334-2), under OGL-UK-3.0.