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Family: Brassicaceae   Mustard Family

Genus: Capsella   

Scientific Name: Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Common Name(s): Shepherd's-purse
Growth Type: annual
Species Description:


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Caption: Flowering shepherdspurse plant with a raceme inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-012
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense
Caption: Flowering shepherdspurse plant with white inflorescences.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-015
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense
Caption: Illustraition depicting shepherdspurse's basal leaves, alternate leaves, heart-shaped fruit and white, raceme inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-014
Source: 35mm slide (illustration)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, fruit, inflorescense, leaf
Caption: Illustration depicting a shepherdspurse plant's roots, leaves fruit, flowers and seed.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-006
Source: 35mm slide (illustration)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, fruit, inflorescense, leaf, root, seed
Caption: Large, flowering shepherdspurse plant.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-011
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense
Caption: Patch of flowering shepherdpurse plants.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-017
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense
Caption: Shepherdpurse's white raceme inflorescences.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-018
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense
Caption: Shepherdspurse plant on the left and heart-shaped fruit on the right.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-004
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): fruit, vegetative
Caption: Shepherdspurse seedling with ovate cotyledons and alternate emerging leaves.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-001
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, seedling
Caption: Shepherdspurse's alternate leaves and white, raceme inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-007
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense
Caption: Shepherdspurse's basal rosette and entire flowering plant.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-016
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense, vegetative
Caption: Shepherdspurse's basal rosette that has lobed leaves.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-013
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, vegetative
Caption: Shepherdspurse's basal rosette with deeply, lobed leaves.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-019
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, vegetative
Caption: Shepherdspurse's basal rosette with deeply, lobed leaves.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-021
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, vegetative
Caption: Shepherdspurse's flowering, white, raceme inflorescence.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-009
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense
Caption: Shepherdspurse's heart-shaped fruit that contains many seeds.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-010
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): fruit, mature
Caption: Shepherdspurse's lower basal rosette with deeply lobed leaves.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-008
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, vegetative
Caption: Shepherdspurse's lower rosette leaves that are deeply lobed.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-005
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, vegetative
Caption: Shepherdspurse's reddish-brown seeds.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-020
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): seed
Caption: Shepherdspurse's small, shiny seeds.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-003
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): seed
Caption: Small emerging shepherdspurse seedlings cmpared to the size of a penny.

ID: Hrb-CAPBP-002
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): seedling