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Bayer Code : capbp
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L.
Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: shepherd's-purse
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Hirtentäschelkraut ; ES : bolsa de pastor ; FR : capselle bourse à pasteur ; IT : borsapastore comune ; PT : ; EN : shepherd's-purse ; NL : gewoon herderstasje, NL : beursje ; DK : hyrdetaske
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elongated spoon shaped.
- Entire leaves, deeply indented.
- Height: 10-50 cm. Pubescent.
- Stem simple or branched, erect to ascending.
- Lower leaves in rosette ; dark green, entire pinnatifid leaves. Leaves of the stem attenuated progressively in point at top, entire to dentate and including stem with 2 large points. Adult leaves divided in unequal segments, triangular and dentate (terminal segment more important than lateral segments).
- White or rose flowers, small.
- Triangular indented and flattened 10-15 seeds in each cell.
- Entire plant without roots used for its haemostatic and vasoconstrictor properties.
- - Risk of confusion with: Papaver rhoeas L., Lepidium campestre (L.) R. Br.(seedling stage), Calepina iregularis (Asso.) Thell., Capsella rubella Reuter.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Papaver rhoeas , Lepidium campestre , Calepina irregularis , Capsella rubella
Ecological profile (click on flags): Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Rare