Shepherd's-purse type 32 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 32
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Species Description
Distinctive. Rhomboidea group. Possibly C. anglica or more probably C. autumnalis but also check C. difformis and C. gallica. Also similar to C. rotundata (p. 61). Plant medium small, bright green, sparsely covered in both simple and stellate hairs. Pedicels deflexed, longer than capsules. Capsule c. 6.5 x 5.5 mm, convex angled. Notch deep, style not exceeding it, lobes forward-directed. Sepals green, white-bordered, sparsely hairy.