Shepherd's Purse     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Capsella bursa-pastoris


NOTES: Mustard family (four-petaled flowers, alternate leaves, and two-parted seed capsules). Native to southern Europe and western Asia.

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Shepherd's Purse
Genus species: Capsella bursa-pastoris
Common Name: Shepherd's Purse
Family Name: Brassicaceae  
Annual, biennial, and perennial herbs; leaves usually alternate; flowers bisexual, regular (4-petaled, with 6 stamens--- 4 long and 2 short), in racemes; seed capsules two-parted.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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