Species

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Etymology

Capsella: From the Latin for little box or case.

Common Name(s)

shepherd's purse

Family

Brassicaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

CAPBUR

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1864

Origin

Europe

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010