| Scientific Name: | Capsella bursa-pastoris |
| Common Name: | shepherd's purse |
| Family Name: | Brassicaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (true), Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Oblanceolate, Spatulate, Pinnately lobed, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Silicle, Green, Brown, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves mostly basal, deeply lobed, oblanceolate, 8-12cm long x 3-4cm wide, stem leaves unlobed, lanceolate (leaf-like bracts on the peduncles); flowers tiny, white, on long racemes; fruit green then brown, heart-shaped, 4-8 long x 3-5mm wide. | |