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Family: | Brassicaceae |
Full name: | Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. |
Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
ID status: | Fairly certain |
Afrikaans common name(s): | Herderstassie, Geldbeursie |
English common name(s): | Shepherd's purse |
Synonym(s): | Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. var. concava Almq. status incertain Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. var. djurdjurae (Shull) Maire & Weiller status incertain Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. var. rubella (Reut.) Batt. status incertain Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L. |
Status: | Native |
Description: | Stems: To +50cm tall but typically less, herbaceous, erect, stellate pubescent, simple or branching, with a fairly large taproot. Leaves: Basal leaves pinnatifid, petiolate, to 10cm long, stellate pubescent. Lobes bristle-margined, minutely toothed. Cauline leaves auriculate-clasping, linear-lanceolate, minutely toothed to entire, stellate pubescent, reduced upward. Auricles pointed. Inflorescence: A terminal raceme to +25cm long(tall). Pedicels spreading, 1-2cm long. Flowers: Corolla 3-4mm broad. Petals 4, white, +/-2mm long, free. Stamens 6, attached at base of ovary. Style 1, very short. Sepals 4, free, green, glabrous, 2mm long, oblong. Fruit: Obcordate (or triangular) silicle to +3mm long, notched or truncate at apex. Habitat: Waste ground, disturbed sites, fields, pastures, roadsides, railroads. (from www.missouriplants.com) |
Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
Date of photograph: | 19 Dec 2013 |
Camera make: | Panasonic |
Camera model: | DMC-FZ45 |
Lens aperture: | f/6.3 |
Shutter speed: | 1/30 s |
ISO speed: | 200 |
Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
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