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  • Unknown
    • shepherd's purse
  • Scientific names
    • Capsella bursapastoris
    • Capsella bursa-pastoris
  • English
    • shepherd's purse
  • Dutch
    • Herderstasje
  • German
    • Gewöhnliches Hirtentaschel

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Recent Observations

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Observer

lward

Date

May 9, 2012 07:39 PM EDT
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What

shepherd's purse Capsella bursa-pastoris

Observer

michael

Date

Apr 18, 2012

Place

echzell (Google, OSM)
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What

shepherd's purse Capsella bursa-pastoris

Observer

botanygirl

Date

Apr 16, 2012

Description

Growing in unmowed section of lawn along sidewalk.

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Description from Wikipedia

Capsella bursa-pastoris, known by its common name shepherd's-purse because of its triangular, purse-like pods, is a small (up to 0.5m) annual and ruderal species, and a member of the Brassicaceae or mustard family. It is native to eastern Europe and Asia minor but is naturalized and considered a common weed in many parts of the world, especially in colder climates, including Britain, where it is regarded as an archaeophyte, North America and China but also in...

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