Cardamine pratensis, otherwise known as Milkmaid, Lady’s Smock or Cuckoo Flower. A flower symbolic of spring. Traditionally flowering as the cuckoos arrive the Milkmaid thrives in damp meadowland, particularly cattle pasture. Unfortunately as this habitat is “improved” out of existence this beautiful flower is decreasing throughout the country.

Image made using a Nikon D5000 with Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 lens @ 70mm, f/4 – 1/800s – ISO 200. Shot Raw and processsed in CS5.