Cardamine pratensis L.
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.
Source: Wikipedia
Synonyms 46
Cardamine acaulis, Cardamine amethystea, Cardamine buchtormensis, Cardamine dentata, Cardamine fontinalis, Cardamine fossicola, Cardamine fragilis, Cardamine granulosa, Cardamine herbivaga, Cardamine iliciana, Cardamine laurentiana, Cardamine nasturtii, Cardamine nemorosa, Cardamine orophila, Cardamine paludosa, Cardamine palustris, Cardamine praticola, Cardamine pseudopratensis, Cardamine rivularis, Cardamine scaturiginosa, Cardamine submatthioli, Cardamine trachypoda, Cochlearia heterophylla, Crucifera pratensis, Dracamine pratensis, Ghinia pratensis, Cardamine dentata subsp. nasturtiifolium, Cardamine dentata subsp. palustris, Cardamine pratensis subsp. major, Cardamine pratensis subsp. paludosa, Cardamine pratensis subsp. palustris, Cardamine pratensis subsp. rivularis, Cardamine dentata var. palustris, Cardamine hayneana var. iliciana, Cardamine pratensis var. acaulis, Cardamine pratensis var. atlantica, Cardamine pratensis var. carnosa, Cardamine pratensis var. ciliata, Cardamine pratensis var. debilis, Cardamine pratensis var. dentata, Cardamine pratensis var. duplicata, Cardamine pratensis var. fossicola, Cardamine pratensis var. glabra, Cardamine pratensis var. grandiflora, Cardamine pratensis var. herbivaga, Cardamine pratensis var. latifolia
- 849,686 GBIF occurrences
- 57,808 iNaturalist observations
Conservation status code
LC
Conservation: status label
Least Concern
Conservation: population trend
Stable
Conservation: year assessed
2011
IUCN Red List page
Habitats
IUCN: population narrative
C. pratensis appears to be widespread and abundant with stable populations throughout its European range.
IUCN: habitat narrative
C. pratensis is most characteristic of wet meadows from which it extends onto the margins of rivers, streams, lakes and ponds. It will also occur in pools and seasonally inundated hollows in river floodplains.
IUCN: threats narrative
There are no known past, ongoing or future threats to this species.
IUCN: conservation narrative
There are no conservation measures in place or needed.
IUCN: rationale
European regional assessment: Least Concern (LC)EU 27 regional assessment: Least Concern (LC) This species is classed as Least Concern as it is widespread with stable populations and does not face any major threats.
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