Capsella bursa-pastoris (Linnaeus 1753) Medikus 1792 (Family Brassicaceae)


Plant

Leaves

Flower

Fruit

Height: 5-60cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual
Hermaphrodite, Flowering February - October (Earliest: 16.4)

Habitat:
Meadows

Around Buildings
Sapivores:
Aphis fabae

Myzus persicae

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Shepherd's Purse


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