| Accepted name: |
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Bursa bursa-pastoris (L.) Britton
-Thlapsi bursa-pastoris L.
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| English names: |
Medic
Shepherd's Purse
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| French names: |
Bourse-à-pasteur
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HCAPBU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The rosette leaves are prepared in different ways, e.g. in soups or stewed, also eaten as dried vegetable or used for medicinal purposes(1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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