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 flat fruits, which are purse-like, is a small (up to 0.5 m) annual and ruderal flowering plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae. 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 British Isles, where it is regarded as an archaeophyte, North America and China, but...

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  1. (c) José María Escolano, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42786943@N07/4568583466
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsella_bursa-pastoris

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