Capsella bursa-pastoris
A species in the Brassicaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Capsella
- Species
- Capsella bursa-pastoris
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1792
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Capsella bursa-pastoris. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
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- Capsella pinnataName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella pinnato-foliosaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella poimenobalantionName author: St.-Lag.
- Capsella polymorphaName author: Cav.
- Capsella praecoxName author: Jord.
- Capsella praematuraName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella prionophyllaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella provincialisName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella quercetiName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella ramselensisName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella rhenanaName author: Almq.
- Capsella rhombeaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella robustaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella rubellaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella rubelliformisName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella rubello-agrestisName author: Paill.
- Capsella rubiginosaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella ruderalisName author: Jord.
- Capsella salinulaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella savonicaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella scanicaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella scolio-caspicaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella segetumName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella seleniacaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella semilobataName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella semirubellaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella sinuato-linearisName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella sinuosaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella smolandicaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella stenocarpaName author: Timb.-Lagr.
- Capsella subalgidaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella subalpinaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella subarcticaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella subbergianaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella subcanescensName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella subcavataName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella subseleniacaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella tenellaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella teneraName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella tenerescensName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella tibelensisName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella tjustianaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella trevirorumName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella triangularisName author: St.-Lag.
- Capsella turoniensisName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella umensisName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella ursinaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella variaName author: (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
- Capsella vestrogothicaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
- Capsella viariaName author: (Almq.) Almq.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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