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Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

Capsella barsa pastoris (Shepherd's purse)

Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris Medikus): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Six flowering plants, including penny cress (Thlaspi arvense) and shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

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Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris Medikus): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

Six flowering plants, including penny cress (Thlaspi arvense) and shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Capsella barsa pastoris (Shepherd's purse)