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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Brassicaceae
Cardamine pratensis L. var. palustris Wimm. & Grab.
cuckoo-flower
Cardamine: originally from the Greek kardamon used by Dioscorides for some cress, maybe used in treating heart ailments
pratensis: of meadows
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-20" tall forb |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, 1/2"-1" wide; inflorescence a dense cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms April-July |
| Fruit: | long, thin, mostly erect pods |
| Leaf: | 3-8 basal leaves, long-stalked, rounded to kidney-shaped, pinnately-divided with the end leaflet largest; lower stem leaves similar to the basal leaves, then the leaflets all become linear |
| Habitat: | wet; cold; bogs, limy swamps |
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