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Cuckoo flower (Lady's-smock)
Cardamine pratensis
51.2879, -0.650318
Field Notes
Description:
Delicate, pale pink flowers
Habitat:
Cuckooflower is a pretty, springtime perennial of damp, grassy places like wet meadows, ditches and riverbanks, as well as roadside verges (these ones were found in a boggy cattle field)
Notes:
Its pale pink flowers bloom from April to June and are thought to coincide with the arrival of the first Cuckoo - a sure sign that spring has arrived at last. Usually start blooming in April and can be observed until June.
Reference Links:
Cuckooflower | The Wildlife Trusts
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Photographed
PublishedApril 22, 2020
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