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.
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Sources
Khela, S. (2012). Capsella bursa-pastoris (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202946/2758177
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 577). Biotope.