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Cardamine trifolia
Trefoil cress is a creeping perennial woodland plant from central and southern Europe, grown mainly as a ground cover for shady spots in the garden. It needs cool, moist, shaded conditions to spread well.
Cardamine trifolia, the trefoil cress, trifoliate bittercress, or three-leaved cuckoo flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to central and southern Europe, and has been introduced to Great Britain. It appears to have survived in several glacial refugia in the Alps, the western Carpathians and Dinaric Alps from where it spread to nearby area. A creeping perennial, in the garden it is recommended as a ground cover in shady areas.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
