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Shepherd's-purse type 56 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 56

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Shepherd's-purse type 56 Shepherd's-purse type 56 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 56 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 28 Oct 2025, 6:54 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:47 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 56 Shepherd's-purse type 56 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 56 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 28 Oct 2025, 6:54 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 56 Shepherd's-purse type 56 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 56 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 28 Oct 2025, 6:54 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:45 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 56 Shepherd's-purse type 56 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 56 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 28 Oct 2025, 6:54 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:45 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 56 Shepherd's-purse type 56 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 56 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 28 Oct 2025, 6:54 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:45 p.m.
Shepherd's-purse type 56 Shepherd's-purse type 56 - Capsella bursa-pastoris type 56 dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 28 Oct 2025, 6:54 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:45 p.m.

Species Description

Very distinctive. Looks to be the same as this taken from the Netherlands by Mona Kiepert and this by Maico Weites.

Possibly C. gallica

or C. ramselensis or C. rhenana.