A herbareous flowering plant that has lovely light
purple colored flowers. Once it was abundant in the
fields. Today this plant can be found in the near
of ditches, on wet and poor grounds.
Cuckoo Flower and shepherd's-purse
The cuckoo flower has much resemblence to the shepherd's-purse.
It is close related to this herb and both belong to the
Brassicaceae or mustard family.
Cuckoo Flower is edible
yes, you can eat the leaves of the cuckoo flower, but they
are not very tasty , and the taste is evve unpredictable,
but most of the time the leaves has a sharp taste, tasting
like radish.
The cuckoo flower colors a field white.
Cuckoo Flower and its propagation
On moist grounds the seed of the cuckoo's flower germinates
easely on dry ground and the cuckoo flower grows
fastly. If the cuckoo flower grows in marshes, the
leaves will grow small roots if they touches water.
they will fall and are the beginning of a new plant.
