Cardamine trifolia, the trefoil cress, trifoliate bittercress, or three-leaved cuckoo flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.[2][3] It is native to central and southern Europe, and has been introduced to Great Britain.[1] It appears to have spread from glacial refugia in the Austrian Alps, the western Carpathians, and a part of northern Italy extending into the Dinaric Alps of the former Yugoslavia.[4] A creeping perennial, in the garden it is recommended as a ground cover in shady areas.[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Cardamine trifolia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Cardamine trifolia". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023. Common Name: trifoliate bittercress
  3. ^ a b "Cardamine trifolia three-leaved cuckoo flower". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023. Other common names; trefoil cress
  4. ^ Willner, Wolfgang; Wessely, Johannes; Gattringer, Andreas; Moser, Dietmar; Záveská, Eliška; Dullinger, Stefan; Schönswetter, Peter; Hülber, Karl (2023). "Post‐glacial range formation of temperate forest understorey herbs – Insights from a spatio‐temporally explicit modelling approach". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32 (7): 1046–1058. doi:10.1111/geb.13677. PMC 10947399. S2CID 258073660.