Cardamine trifolia

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|image=Cardamine trifolia. Waardevolle wintergroene bodembedekker 02.JPG

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|genus=Cardamine

|species=trifolia

|authority=L.

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• Cardamine trifolia var. bijuga {{small|O.E.Schulz}}
• Crucifera trifolia {{small|E.H.L.Krause}}
• Dentaria alternifolia {{small|Dalla Torre}}

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Cardamine trifolia, the trefoil cress, trifoliate bittercress, or three-leaved cuckoo flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=443742 |title=Cardamine trifolia |author= |date=2023 |website=Plant Finder |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |access-date=26 June 2023 |quote=Common Name: trifoliate bittercress }}{{cite web |title=Cardamine trifolia three-leaved cuckoo flower |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/3056/i-cardamine-trifolia-i/details |date=2023 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=26 June 2023 |quote=Other common names; trefoil cress }} It is native to central and southern Europe, and has been introduced to Great Britain.{{cite POWO |id=280715-1 |title=Cardamine trifolia L. |access-date=26 June 2023 }} It appears to have survived in several glacial refugia in the Alps, the western Carpathians and Dinaric Alps from where it spread to nearby arear.{{cite journal |title=Post-glacial range formation of temperate forest understorey herbs – Insights from a spatio-temporally explicit modelling approach |year=2023 |last1=Willner |first1=Wolfgang |last2=Wessely |first2=Johannes |last3=Gattringer |first3=Andreas |last4=Moser |first4=Dietmar |last5=Záveská |first5=Eliška |last6=Dullinger |first6=Stefan |last7=Schönswetter |first7=Peter |last8=Hülber |first8=Karl |journal=Global Ecology and Biogeography |volume=32 |issue=7 |pages=1046–1058 |doi=10.1111/geb.13677 |s2cid=258073660 |doi-access=free |pmid=38504871 |pmc=10947399 |bibcode=2023GloEB..32.1046W }} A creeping perennial, in the garden it is recommended as a ground cover in shady areas.

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|Cardamine trifolia PID1516-2.jpg|Habit

|Cardamine trifolia 01.jpg|Leaf

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