Shepherd's-purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. [Brassicaceae]
Nazuna/penpengusa (ナズナ, 薺 / ペンペングサ)
Lifeform: weedy annual (biennial)
Distribution: common in the temperate Northern Hemisphere
Habitat: ruderal (sunny and dry grassland)
One of the seven spring herbs (Haru-no-nanakusa 春の七草)
Oenanthe javanica (seri, セリ)
Capsella bursa-pastoris (nazuna, ナズナ)
Gnaphalium affine (gogyo, ゴギョウ)
Stellaria neglecta (hakobe, ハコベラ)
Brassica rapa (suzuna スズナ)
Raphanus sativus (suzushiro スズシロ)
Lapsana apogonoides (hotokenoza ホトケノザ)
Capsella Medik.
One species is distributed in Japan-China
Capsella bursa-pastoris
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| [1] In the front of GSEES, Hokkaido University, on May 2 2009 | [2/3] Along a roadside at N14/W3, West Ward, Sapporo, on May 11 2010. Developing conspicuous rosettes | [3] Cardamine hirsuta was also observed on the raodside. |
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| [4/5] on an parking lot, N26/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 19 2011. | [5] Close-up of inflorescence | [6] In the campus of Sichuan University (四川大学), Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China, on March 30 2012. |