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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., 1792

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Shepherd’s-purse
  • 🇫🇷 Capselle bourse-à-pasteur, Bourse-de-capucin, Bourse-à-pasteur

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Malvids
  • Order: Brassicales
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Subfamily: Brassicoideae
  • Tribe: Camelineae
  • Genus: Capsella
  • Species: Capsella bursa-pastoris

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. rubella Reut., 1854, which has fruits whose lateral borders are concave, while C. bursa-pastoris has fruits whose lateral borders are straight or convex.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • C. bursa-pastoris var. apetala (Opiz) Schltdl., 1823;
  • C. bursa-pastoris var. bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., 1792, P.

Hybridizes with C. rubella Reut., 1854 to produce C. × gracilis Gren., 1858, P.

Photographs

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Capsella bursa-pastoris - Basal leaves
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Capsella bursa-pastoris - Fruit close-up

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