Cardamine trifolia

{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |image=Cardamine trifolia. Waardevolle wintergroene bodembedekker 02.JPG |image_caption=Inflorescence |image2=Atlas der Alpenflora (1882) (20155849410).jpg |image2_caption=Botanical illustration |genus=Cardamine |species=trifolia |authority=L. |synonyms_ref=<ref name="POWO_280715-1" /> |synonyms= *''Cardamine trifolia'' var. ''bijuga'' {{small|O.E.Schulz}} *''Crucifera trifolia'' {{small|E.H.L.Krause}} *''Dentaria alternifolia'' {{small|Dalla Torre}} }} '''''Cardamine trifolia''''', the '''trefoil cress''', '''trifoliate bittercress''', or '''three-leaved cuckoo flower''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.<ref name="MBG_443742" >{{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 }}</ref><ref name="RHS_3056" >{{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 }}</ref> It is native to central and southern Europe, and has been introduced to Great Britain.<ref name="POWO_280715-1" >{{cite POWO |id=280715-1 |title=''Cardamine trifolia'' L. |access-date=26 June 2023 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="1_of_787_Google_Scholar_Results" >{{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 }}</ref> A creeping perennial, in the garden it is recommended as a ground cover in shady areas.<ref name="MBG_443742" /><ref name="RHS_3056" /> {{Gallery |Cardamine trifolia PID1516-2.jpg|Habit |Cardamine trifolia 01.jpg|Leaf }}

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trifolia Category:Flora of Germany Category:Flora of Czechoslovakia Category:Flora of Poland Category:Flora of Austria Category:Flora of Hungary Category:Flora of Italy Category:Flora of Yugoslavia Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus