Capsella orientalis
Common Shepherd's Purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Medik. Species
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- Botanical name
- Capsella bursa-pastoris
- Also known as
- Common Shepherd's Purse, Pickpocket, Shepherd's Purse, Shepherd's-Purse, Shepherdspurse
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Capsella
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Shepherd's Purse
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Capsella bursa-pastoris but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Bursa abscissa
Bursa alandica
Bursa anglica
Bursa astoris
Bursa batavorum
Bursa belgica
Bursa bremensis
Bursa brittonii
Bursa bursa-pastoris
Bursa bursa-pastoris
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. heteris
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. integrifolia
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. minor
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. rhomboidea
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. simplex
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. tenuis
Bursa concava
Bursa divaricata
Bursa djurdjurae
Bursa druceana
Bursa fracticruris
Bursa gallica
Bursa germanica
Bursa grossa
Bursa heegeri
Bursa hiatula
Bursa integrella
Bursa laevigata
Bursa mediterranea
Bursa nana
Bursa occidentalis
Bursa occidentalis subsp. madeirae
Bursa occidentalis var. concava
Bursa orientalis
Bursa origo
Bursa pastoris
Bursa patagonica
Bursa penarthae
Bursa pergrossa
Bursa robusta
Bursa segetum
Bursa sinuosa
Bursa sublaevigata
Bursa trevirorum
Bursa turoniensis
Bursa tuscaloosae
Bursa viguieri
Bursa viminalis
Capsella abscissa
Capsella acutifolia
Capsella aestivalis
Capsella agrestis
Capsella agrestis-rubella
Capsella alandica
Capsella algida
Capsella alpestris
Capsella altissima
Capsella amblodes
Capsella angermannica
Capsella anglica
Others in Capsella
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