Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis)
Medium, hairless with leaves made up of many leaflets: base leaves forming a rosette on the ground, upper leaves much narrower. Flowers pale lilac or white, 12-20mm; April-June. Seed pods up to 40mm long.

Likes damp grassland and flowers fairly early in the season. Common in middle meadow.

Spotters' score: 4

ref: p.94/1

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Cuckoo Flower