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    (c) José María Escolano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) cinclosoma, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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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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