Cuckoo Flower |
Cardamine pratensis |
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Carl Farmer |
Common in damp ground, ditches, fields, beside burns and lochs, and in moorland flushes at all altitudes, flowering in spring and early summer. Flower diameter c 12-21 mm ID: Lower leaves have roundish stalked leaflets, the end one much the largest. Upper leaves have linear leaflets. Petals roundish, overlapping. Other features: Flowers can be mauve or white. Anthers are yellow. 6 stamens. Sometimes new detachable plants arise from buds in axils of lower leaves. |
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Photo © Carl Farmer |
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Carl Farmer |
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Photo ©
Carl Farmer |
Photo ©
Carl Farmer |
Photo ©
Carl Farmer |
Photo ©
Carl Farmer |