Common name:
Shepherd's purse
Family:
Scientific name:
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Roadsides, pathways, fields, disturbed ground
Flowers:
Terminal clusters of small (3 mm diameter) white flowers, with greenish-brown sepals that may have a sparse covering of white hairs
Fruit:
Green to brownish, triangular capsules, spreading to ascending; notched at the tip
Leaves:
Deeply pinnately lobed at the base, in a rosette; narrower and shallowly lobed up the stem, with clasping bases and backwards-projecting lobes. Usually sparsely hairy
Season:
January to December
Rarity:
★★★★★
