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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.

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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. (1792)
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(L.) Medik.
L.
Medik.
1792
ICN
species
Capsella bursa-pastoris

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bursa-pastoris

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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.

Annual herb. Stem erect, little- to much-branched above, (2)-15-30-(80) cm tall. Lvs and stems with spreading simple hairs and sparse to dense appressed stellate hairs. Lvs not lobed to runcinate-pinnatifid, very variable in shape, shallowly dentate or rarely subentire; lower lvs petiolate, (0.4)-5-15 × (0.2)-2-5 cm; upper lvs with sagittate or amplexicaul lobes at base, smaller, becoming entire. Racemes (2)-5-20-(45) cm long; pedicels erecto-patent at flowering, spreading at fruiting. Sepals glabrous or sparsely hairy, green or pinkish, 1-1.5 × 0.6-0.8 mm. Petals white, 2-2.5 × 0.7-1 mm, sometimes reduced or 0. Silicle narrowly to broadly obtriangular, emarginate, 5-10 × 4-7 mm; valves sharply keeled, reticulately veined, greenish brown; style c. 0.5 mm long. Seeds pale brown, c. 1 × 0.5 mm.

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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.

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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Australia
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Spain
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
United Kingdom

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42cdefc3-e28e-48f8-9bbc-72c160d89e4e
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1 January 2000
19 November 2013
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