Cuckoo-Flower1

Pale pink, four petals, insect on one flower

Common Name: Cuckoo Flower, Lady’s Smock
As Gaeilge: Biolar Griagháin
Scientific name: Cardamine pratensis
Identification Tips: Flowers grow loosely together at the top of the stem, pale lilac in colour with yellow anthers. Upper leflets 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

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