lady’s smock

Some—such as lady’s smock, or cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis)—are grown as ornamentals. A number of species, including narrowleaf bittercress (C. impatiens) and hairy bittercress (C. hirsuta), are considered invasive species outside their native range.

Bitter cress, cuckoo flower, or meadow cress (Cardamine pratensis), a low-growing plant of the Northern Hemisphere, with pinnately divided leaves and small white to rose flowers, is found in damp meadows and is grown in bog gardens. Yellow cress (Rorippa species) includes several marshy plants…