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Shepherd's-purse type 15 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 15

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Shepherd's-purse type 15 Shepherd's-purse type 15 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 15 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 21 Aug 2025, 12:03 a.m. 4 Apr 2025, 11:06 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 15 Shepherd's-purse type 15 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 15 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 21 Aug 2025, 12:03 a.m. 4 Apr 2025, 11:07 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 15 Shepherd's-purse type 15 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 15 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 21 Aug 2025, 12:03 a.m. 4 Apr 2025, 11:08 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 15 Shepherd's-purse type 15 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 15 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 21 Aug 2025, 12:03 a.m. 4 Apr 2025, 11:08 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 15 Shepherd's-purse type 15 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 15 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 21 Aug 2025, 12:03 a.m. 4 Apr 2025, 11:09 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 15 Shepherd's-purse type 15 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 15 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 21 Aug 2025, 12:03 a.m. 4 Apr 2025, 11:09 a.m.

Species Description

Possibly C. reuteri - JSTOR. Plant tall, basal leaves lobed but not pinnate; stem, sepals and capsules reddish-brown; petals exceeding sepals, sepals infused reddish-brown, conspicuously white-bordered, sparsely hairy (often only one long whispy hair), pedicels erecto-patent, c.1.5 x the length of the capsules; capsules slightly concave-sided, notch shallow, style not quite leveling it, lobes rounded and slightly divergent. Capsules held facing the sky but at an angle in a spiral fashion. Possibly the same as this - labeled as var. rubellaeformis.