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Brassicaceae
Cardamine
Cardamine pratensis
Spring meadows.
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cardamine
- Native to
- Europe, Northern Asia
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- perennial herb
- Height
- 0.5-1.5 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- moist, fertile, clay
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 3-7
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Cardamine pratensis is called 'cuckoo flower' because it traditionally blooms when the cuckoo begins to sing in spring.
- In British folklore, picking cuckoo flowers was thought to bring thunderstorms or attract adders.
- The leaves are edible with a peppery, watercress-like flavor and were once used in spring salads.
- It is the food plant of the orange-tip butterfly, whose caterpillars feed exclusively on Cardamine species.
- The County flower of Cheshire in England, it was historically used to predict the timing of planting.
Color meanings
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paternal love
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youthful energy