Cuckoo Flower
Biolar Griagháin
B. Doherty
Common Name: Cuckoo Flower, Lady’s Smock
As Gaeilge: Biolar Griagháin
Scientific name: Cardamine pratensis
Identification Tips: The cuckoo flowers grow loosely together at the top of the stem, pale lilac in colour with yellow anthers. Upper leaflets are narrow, lower ones coming from the base on stalks are rounder
Flowering; April and May
A bit more about Cuckoo Flower; This elegant Spring plant grows in wet meadows and marshes . It is sometimes grown as a garden plant
This page was added on 29/03/2019.
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