| Plants : Brassicaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Capsella bursa-pastoris |
Description: Shepherd's purse gets its name from the purse-like fruits which are a conspicuous feature of this common annual weed of waste ground, farmtracks and arable fields.
All names: Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medikus; Capsella penarthae (Shull.) Wilmott; Bursa pastoris Weber; Bursa penarthae Shull.
Distribution Map from NBN: Capsella bursa-pastoris at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Capsella bursa-pastoris at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Capsella bursa-pastoris. (L.) Medikus. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2847. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |