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Shepherd's-purse type 32 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 32

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Shepherd's-purse type 32 Shepherd's-purse type 32 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 32 dylan Eastville park 17 Sep 2025, 12:28 a.m. 13 Sep 2025, 9:51 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 32 Shepherd's-purse type 32 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 32 dylan Eastville park 17 Sep 2025, 12:28 a.m. 13 Sep 2025, 10:59 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 32 Shepherd's-purse type 32 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 32 dylan Eastville park 17 Sep 2025, 12:28 a.m. 13 Sep 2025, 11:01 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 32 Shepherd's-purse type 32 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 32 dylan Eastville park 17 Sep 2025, 12:28 a.m. 13 Sep 2025, 11:01 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 32 Shepherd's-purse type 32 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 32 dylan Eastville park 17 Sep 2025, 12:28 a.m. 13 Sep 2025, 11:04 a.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 32 Shepherd's-purse type 32 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 32 dylan Eastville park 17 Sep 2025, 12:28 a.m. 13 Sep 2025, 11:04 a.m.

Species Description

Distinctive. Rhomboidea group. Possibly C. anglica. 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.