Cardamine pratensis
Common Name: cuckoo bittercress, cuckooflower, lady’s smock, milkmaid
Scientific Name: Cardamine pratensis L.
Family Name: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) - Mustard Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle:
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and short rhizomes
Stems:
upright, reproductive, smooth, multiple from base, usually unbranched 
Leaves:
basal leaves - pinnately divided with 3 to 8 leaflets, leaflets oval to kidney-shaped, terminal larger, stem leaves – greater number of leaflets to about 19, leaflets similar to base leaflet below becoming more linear above 
Flowers:
4-petaled, pale pink to white; terminal, branched dense cluster 
Seed Pods:
silique, narrow, cylindrical, held upright on ascending stalks 
