Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.Species
  • Status
  • NAaccepted, NF (present)
  • SAaccepted (naturalised-introduced)
  • TAaccepted (indigenous)
  • Map
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  • Ecology and Distribution :
  • Tropical Africa
    Biology :
    Annual to short-lived perennial herb (5-)15-70 cm tall.
    Ecology :
    Cultivated ground, roadsides, etc.; 1600-2500 m alt. Ethiopia?; Djibouti. Cosmopolitan weed, probably native in Europe (and in NE Africa?).
  • Austral Africa
    Biol./Eco :
    biology: annual-Herb Ht 0.25 - 0.6 m. Alt 50 - 2450 m. Distribution: LES, NAM, EC, FS, GA, KN, MP, NW, WC
  • Bibliography19
  • Pflanzen-Gattungen: 85 (1792)
    DESFONTAINES R. L. (1798). . Flora Atlantica, sive Historia Plantarum, quae in Atlante, Agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt.. vol. 2 : 68 — under: Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L. 
    Fl. Algérie [Battandier & Trabut] : 41 (1888). 
    Piantae Tripol. : 99 (1914).
    Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 297 (1932). 
    Petite Fl. Régions Arides Maroc Occ. 1: 284 (1961).
    Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 1: 411 (1962). 
    Fl. Afrique N. 13: 179 (1967). 
    MARLOTH, H.W.R. (1970). Flora of Southern Africa with Synoptical Tables of the Genera of Higher Plants. - Capetown: 97-98 — under: Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L.
    Fl. S. Africa 13: 98 (1970).
    Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 1: 222 (1979).
    Med-Checklist 3: 76 (1986).
    Fl. Eur., ed. 2 1: 381 (1993).
    Fl. Iberica 4: 240 (1993) 
    Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295 (1993).
    Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 230 (1999).
    Fl. Prat. Maroc 1: 406 (1999).
    Cat. Pl. Vasc. N. Maroc 1: 265 (2002). 
    Pl. Sudan Checklist 266 (2015)
More info on :
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