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Shepherd's-purse type 2 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 2

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Shepherd's-purse type 2 Shepherd's-purse type 2 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 2 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 20 May 2024, 7:09 p.m. 14 May 2024, 12:51 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 2 Shepherd's-purse type 2 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 2 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 20 May 2024, 7:09 p.m. 14 May 2024, 12:51 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 2 Shepherd's-purse type 2 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 2 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 20 May 2024, 7:09 p.m. 14 May 2024, 12:52 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 2 Shepherd's-purse type 2 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 2 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 20 May 2024, 7:09 p.m. 14 May 2024, 12:53 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 2 Shepherd's-purse type 2 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 2 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 20 May 2024, 7:09 p.m. 14 May 2024, 12:53 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 2 Shepherd's-purse type 2 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 2 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 20 May 2024, 7:09 p.m. 14 May 2024, 12:54 p.m.

Species Description

Tenuis group. Probably fits with var. agrestis (Jord.) Caldesi and more specifically to C. trevirorum (E.B. Almq.) E.B. Almq. A plant with a very neat rosette with pinnate and quite pale-green leaves and small capsules. Sepals green with white margins, glabrous. Petals exceeding sepals but not opening out much.

And looks similar to var. macrocarpa and this.