| Description | A common weed of the Mustard family. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Weeds |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | moist to dry |
| Soil & Site | moist to dry, rich disturbed soils, very adaptable. |
| Flowers | small, white, 4 petals that from a cross, 6 stamens flowers continue to open on the top of the raceme and the siliques will continue to form below, a hardy annual (may grow as a winter annual |
| Fruit | seedpod is a lyre-shaped silique, producing over 2,000 or more seeds per season that requires light to germinate, seeds are sticky |
| Leaves | first leaves to appear form a basal rosette of toothed leaves, stem leaves are arrow shaped and clasp the stem |
| Stems | slender branches stem grows from the leaf rosette |
| Roots | slender flexible taproot |
| Propagation | reproduces by seeds |
| Native Site | Is native to Europe and found all over the USA |
| Misc Facts | The young basal leaves are edible as a salad green. Plant has many medicinal uses. The literal translation of bursa pastoris is Shepard's purse. |
| Notes & Reference | #77-The Field Guide to Weeds (Crockett), #152B-The Flora of Wisconsin (wisflora.herbarium.wisc.edu) |
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