Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Cuckoo-flower / Lady's Smock Cardamine pratensis Biolar gréagáin Family: Brassicaceae Flowering time: March-June. Perennial. Native. Large white to pinkish-mauve flowers with yellow anthers. The colour depends on habitat, pink-mauve on dryer ground. Fruit with either a long or short style. Basal leaves round / oval, the stem leaves narrow-lanceolate. A variable plant, sometimes with runners. Height: To 60 cm Very frequent in damp meadows and lawns, stream sides and open moist woodland.

Lady's Smock, Cardamine pratensis, Biolar gréagáin