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1363071 shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Flower(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte	1363068 shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Flower(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte	1363072 shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte	1459564 shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Fruit(s) Steve Dewey
1559181 shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Seedling(s) Ohio State Weed Lab Archive	5138085 shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant(s) Lynn Sosnoskie	5397972 shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant(s) Robert Vidéki	5438361 shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant(s) Bruce Ackley

Maps

EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org

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Most Troublesome / Most Common Agricultural Weed List
This map identifies those states that consider this species either most troublesome or most common in at least one commodity. For more information, visit the MTMC project page.

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	Troublesome or Common weed in one or more crops

Invasive Listing Sources

Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: Dilleniidae

Order: Capparales

Family: Brassicaceae

Genus: Capsella

Synonyms and Other Names

Other Common Names:
shepherd's purse, shepardspurse, shepherd's-purse, shepherdspurse

References

Common Name Reference:	Weed Science Society of America Common Names List
Scientific Name Reference:	USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.