Capsella bursa-pastoris
Common names
shepherd’s purse
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Flower colours
White
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Brassicaceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
1864
Origin
Europe
Other information
Etymology
capsella: From the Latin for little box or case.
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CAPBUR