Capsella rubella Reut., 1854

Common names

🇬🇧 Pink Shepherd’s-purse
🇫🇷 Capselle rougeâtre, Bourse-à-pasteur rougeâtre

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 rubella

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., 1792, which has fruits whose lateral borders are straight or convex, while C. rubella has fruits whose lateral borders are concave.

Hybridizes with C. bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., 1792 to produce C. × gracilis Gren., 1858, P.

Photographs

img/capsella-rubella.webp — *Capsella rubella*

img/capsella-rubella-2.webp — *Capsella rubella*

img/capsella-rubella-3.webp — *Capsella rubella* - Fruit close-up

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 578). Biotope.