Common name: Shepherd's Purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. APNI* 
Description: Erect herb 8–40 cm high, glabrescent to bristly, the hairs simple and stellate.
Basal leaves in a rosette, to 15 cm long, petiolate, lyrate-pinnatifid to entire; cauline leaves variable, always sessile, auriculate.
Raceme commonly branched. Sepals 1–2.5 mm long. Petals 2–3 mm long, white. Silicula ± obcordate, 6–9 mm long, 4–9 mm wide, keeled; valves keeled, net-veined; pedicel 8–17 mm long, spreading.
Distribution and occurrence: Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP, *NFWP, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A. *N.T.
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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