Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Capsella bursa-pastoris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Capsella bursa-pastoris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-06-001:
Capsella bursa-pastoris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Capsella rubella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bursa bursa-pastoris
COMMON NAME:
Common Shepherd's Purse
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JK Marlow jkm130128_183b
January Spartanburg County SC
Sepals green or reddish (margins membranous), per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm140308_068
March Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Better known by its obcordate-triangular seed pods than its minute flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm140308_075
March Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Basal rosette of oblong, lobed leaves 2-4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm0504i_37
April Greenville County SC
Fruits the shape of a shepherd's purse, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
JK Marlow jkm0504j_02
April Greenville County SC
A winter annual with one main stem and ascending branches, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
JK Marlow s050416_b
April Greenville County SC
Fruits are strongly flattened, triangular siliques, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Capsella bursa-pastoris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Capsella bursa-pastoris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-06-001:
Capsella bursa-pastoris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Capsella rubella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bursa bursa-pastoris