Common Name: cuckoo bittercress, cuckooflower, lady's smock, milkmaidScientific Name: Cardamine pratensis L.Family Name: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) - Mustard FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and short rhizomes Stemsupright, reproductive, smooth, multiple from base, usually unbranched Leavesbasal 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 Flowers4-petaled, pale pink to white; terminal, branched dense cluster Seed Podssilique, narrow, cylindrical, held upright on ascending stalks