Cardamine pratensis

Cardamine pratensis is a herbaceous, hairless,[1] perennial plant growing to 60 centimetres (24 in) tall,[2] with pinnate leaves 5–12 cm (2–4+3⁄4 in) long with 3–15 leaflets, each leaflet about 1 cm long.[3] An alternative 16th century dated tale refers to 'cuckoo spit', which the plant is sometimes covered in, due to a bug called the froghopper and not the cuckoo.[5] Recorded in Ireland from all 40 of the "vice-counties" (a system adopted by Robert Lloyd Praeger in 1901).[6] It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, and has become naturalised in North America as a result of cultivation.[citation needed] The plant is edible with a peppery taste similar to watercress.
Scientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsEudicotsRosidsBrassicalesBrassicaceaeCardamineBinomial nameSynonymsflowering plantherbaceousperennialleavesflowerscuckoosfroghopperRobert Lloyd Praegerornamental plantnaturalisedAnthocharis cardamineswatercressfairiesMay Daygarlandscounty flowerCheshireThe Wildlife TrustsBloomsburyReader's DigestBlanchan, NeltjeProject Gutenberg Literary Archive FoundationWikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistMoBotPFNatureServeObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifePlant ListTropicos