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shepherd's-purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris, known by its common name shepherd's purse because of its triangular flat fruits, which are purse-like, is a small (up to 0.5 m) annual and ruderal flowering plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It is native to eastern Europe and Asia minor, but is naturalized and considered a common weed in many parts of the world, especially in colder climates, including British Isles, where it is regarded as an archaeophyte, North America and China, but...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.247
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.75
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.645
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.643
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 3)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.87
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 6)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.9
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.847
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56121.