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Cardamine pratensis

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Cardamine pratensis

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Also known as mayflower, milkmaids, lady's smock, cuckooflower

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

Cardamine pratensis is a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae. It belongs to the genus Cardamine and is classified within the order Brassicales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. Common names for this taxon include cuckoo flower, blodyn llefrith, Pinksterbloem, and řeřišnice luční. The species has been documented as a medicinal plant.

The taxon range includes China, and the plant has been introduced to British Columbia, New Zealand North, and New Zealand South. Its conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2011. Occurrence records number 781,599, while specific biological records total 6,094, accompanied by 5,211 media files. These records are associated with institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums and the University of Maine, and are found in the United States and Canada.

Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderBrassicales
  5. FamilyBrassicaceae
Native toAlbania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita
Observations recorded781,599

Common Name: cuckoo flowers

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
6,094
With media
5,211
Family
Brassicaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, QUE, MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND, CM, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
Recorded in
United States, Canada

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Encyclopedic overview

Cardamine pratensis, the cuckoo flower, lady's smock, mayflower, or milkmaids, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial herb native to Eurasia.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cardamine pratensis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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