Capsella bursa-pastoris

Shepherd's Purse at Fyshwick, ACT

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Identification history

	Capsella bursa-pastoris	14 Oct 2018	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	12 Oct 2018	PeteWoodall

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BettyDonWood wrote:

12 Oct 2018

Someone will have to recognise this on sight. The flowers look like Cardamine but the leaves do not. Unfortunately, unknown plants in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae, are IDd in the hand from mature seed cases. It is extremely difficult to ID them from photos.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

15 Oct 2018

You can just make out the love-heart shaped pod developing

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Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
10 Sep 2018 02:02 PM Recorded on
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Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs PeteWoodall Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

True In flower
10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

Capsella bursa-pastoris Scientific name
Shepherd's Purse Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Minor weed or pest
Up to 818m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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Australian Capital Territory

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