shepherd's purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

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Capsella bursa-pastoris, known by its common name shepherd's-purse because of its triangular, purse-like pods, is a small (up to 0.5m) annual and ruderal species, and a member of the Brassicaceae or mustard family. It is native to eastern Europe and Asia minor but is naturalized and considered a common weed in many parts of the world, especially in colder climates, including Britain, where it is regarded as an archaeophyte,North America and China but also in the...

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  1. (c) autan, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/56119072@N00/367986056
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsella_bursa-pastoris

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