PLANTS Profile for Cardamine pratensis var. pratensis (cuckoo flower)

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PLANTS Profile

Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis
cuckoo flower

Symbol:

CAPRP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis

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Synonyms:
Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis

	CAPA84	Cardamine palustris (Wimm. & Grab.) Peterm.
	CAPRP2	Cardamine pratensis L. var. palustris Wimm. & Grab.

Distribution:
Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CT, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (AB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 40 species in Cardamine, 2 varieties in Cardamine pratensis L.

Classification:
Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Cardamine L. – bittercress
Species	Cardamine pratensis L. – cuckoo flower
Variety	Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis – cuckoo flower

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
Cardamine pratensis var. palustris
cuckoo flower		Endangered
Massachusetts:
Cardamine pratensis var. palustris
fen cuckoo flower		Threatened
New Hampshire:
Cardamine pratensis var. palustris
cuckoo flower		Endangered
Ohio:
Cardamine pratensis var. palustris
American cuckoo-flower		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis

Cardamine pratensis:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527062.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 07:14 AM CDT