Herbs (2-)10-50(-70) cm tall, sparsely to densely pubescent with sessile, 3-5-rayed stellate trichomes often mixed near base of plant with much longer simple trichomes. Stems erect, simple or branched. Basal leaves rosulate; petiole 0.5-4(-6) cm; leaf blade oblong or oblanceolate, (0.5-)1.5-10(-15) × 0.2-2.5(-5) cm, base cuneate or attenuate, margin pinnatisect, pinnatifid, runcinate, lyrate, dentate, repand, or entire, apex acute or acuminate. Cauline leaves sessile, sagittate, amplexicaul, or rarely auriculate, narrowly oblong, lanceolate, or linear, 1-5.5 (-8) cm × 1-15(-20) mm, margin entire or dentate. Fruiting pedicels (0.3-)0.5-1.5(-2) cm, divaricate, usually straight, slender, glabrous. Sepals green or reddish, oblong, 1.5-2 × 0.7-1 mm, margin membranous. Petals white, rarely pinkish or yellowish, obovate, (1.5-)2-4(-5) × 1-1.5 mm. Filaments white, 1-2 mm; anthers ovate, to 0.5 mm. Fruit (3-)4-9(-10) × (2-)3-7(-9) mm, flat, base cuneate, apex emarginate or truncate; valves with subparallel lateral veins, glabrous; style 0.2-0.7 mm. Seeds brown, oblong, 0.9-1.1 × 0.4-0.6 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Jul. 2n = 16, 32*.
Plants mostly sparsely to densely pubescent, trichomes sessile, 3-5-rayed, stellate (base of plant often mixed with much longer, simple ones). Stems (0.2-)1-5 (-7) dm. Basal leaves: petiole 0.5-4(-6) cm; blade oblong or oblanceolate, (0.5-)1.5-10(-15) cm × 2-25(-50) mm, base cuneate or attenuate, apex acute or acuminate. Cauline leaves: blade narrowly oblong, lanceolate, or linear, 1-5.5(-8) cm × 1-15(-20) mm, base sagittate, amplexicaul, or, rarely, auriculate. Fruiting pedicels usually straight, (0.3-)0.5-1.5(-2) cm, glabrous. Flowers: sepals green or reddish, 1.5-2 × 0.7-1 mm (margins membranous); petals (1.5-)2-4(-5) × 1-1.5 mm; filaments 1-2 mm; anthers to 0.5 mm. Fruits (0.3-)0.4-0.9(-1) cm × (2-)3-7(-9) mm, base cuneate, apex emarginate or truncate; valves each with subparallel lateral veins; style 0.2-0.7 mm. Seeds brown, 0.9-1.1 × 0.4-0.6 mm. 2n = 32.
1. Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., Pfl.-Gatt. 85 (1792). Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L., Sp. Pl. 647 (1753). Lectotipo (designado por Fawcett y Rendle, 1914): “Habitat in Europae cultis ruderalis”, Herb. Linn. 825.15 (LINN!). Ilustr.: Pujadas Salvá, Fl. Iberica 4: 241, t. 86 (1993).
Por I.A. Al-Shehbaz y S. Fuentes-Soriano.
Hierbas anuales o bianuales, esparcida a densamente pelosas con tricomas sésiles, estrellados con 3 a 5 brazos y tricomas simples mucho más largos. Tallos (2-)10-50(-70) cm, erectos. Hojas basales (0.5-)1.5-10(-15) × 0.2-2.5(-5) cm, arrosetadas, oblongas u oblanceoladas, la base cuneada o atenuada, los márgenes pinnatisectos, pinnatífidos, runcinados, lirados, dentados, repandos o enteros, el ápice agudo o acuminado; pecíolo 0.5-4(-6) cm; hojas caulinares 1-5.5(-8) × 0.1-0.15(-2) cm, sésiles, sagitadas, amplexicaules o rara vez auriculadas, angostamente oblongas, lanceoladas o lineares, los márgenes enteros o dentados. Pedicelos en fruto (0.3-)0.5-1.5(-2) cm, divaricados. Sépalos 1.5-2 mm, oblongos; pétalos (1.5-)2-4(-5) × 1-1.5 mm. Frutos (3-)4-9(-10) × (2-)3-7(-9) mm, la base cuneada, el ápice emarginado o truncado; valvas con venas subparalelas y laterales, glabras; estilo 0.2-0.7 mm; semillas 0.9-1.1 × 0.4-0.6 mm. n = 16. Floración y fructificación jun.-nov. Orillas de caminos, jardines, sitios alterados, laderas de montañas. Ch (Breedlove y Raven 8284, CAS); G (Proctor 25112, MO); ES (Standley 22865, US); CR (Molina R. 27357, F). 1800-2200 m. (Nativa de Europa y zonas adyacentes del SO. Asia; cosmopolita.)
Es considerada como la segunda maleza del planeta, después de Polygonum aviculare L.
"Sparingly branched annual or winter-annual 1–6 dm; basal lvs oblong, 5–10 cm, pinnatilobate; cauline lvs much smaller, lanceolate to linear, entire or denticulate, auriculate; racemes becoming much-elongate; pedicels at maturity divaricate, 1–2 cm; sep 2 mm; pet 1.5–4 mm; fr triangular-obcordate, with straight to slightly concave or slightly convex margins, 4–8 mm; 2n=16, 32. Probably native to s. Europe, now a cosmopolitan and ubiquitous weed. (C. gracilis; C. rubella; etc.)"
Erect, annual herb, up to 450 mm tall, with branched hairs. Stem leaves sagittate-amplexicaul. Fruits 6-9 x 4-8 mm, obcordate-triangular, emarginate, lateral margins almost straight. Flowers white.
Slender erect annual herbs up to 45 cm high, simple or branched. Indumentum variable: stems and leaves with appressed branched and spreading simple hairs; inflorescence glabrous or very thinly hairy. Basal leaves rosulate, 4-16 cm long, oblanceolate, petiolate, entire, dentate or pinnatipartite, the lobes short, broad, rounded or acute, entire or lobulate. Stem leaves few, smaller, oblong-lanceolate, entire or remotely denticulate, sagittate, amplexicaul. Racemes dense in flower, lax in fruit. Sepals c. 1.5 mm long, green. Petals 1.8-3 mm long, clawed, white. Siliculae on almost horizontally-spreading pedicels 0.5-1.7 cm long, 6-9 mm long, 4-8 mm broad, obcordate-triangular, emarginate, lateral margins almost straight; style less than 0.5 mm long. Seeds up to 12 per locule, 0.8-1 mm long.
Annual herb, up to 0.6 m high; stems and leaves with appressed, branched and spreading simple hairs. Stems erect, simple or branched. Leaves petiolate and sessile; basal ones rosulate, petiolate, blade narrowly obovate, 40-160 mm long; upper leaves narrowly ovate-oblong, amplexicaul. Flowers: in dense racemes; petals 1.8-3.0 mm long, white; Sep.-Nov. Fruit with ± horizontally spreading pedicels; siliquae 6-9 x 4-8 mm, obcordate-triangular, emarginate, lateral margins almost straight.
Annual or biennial, up to 450 mm tall, stems glabrous or thinly hairy, striate. Leaves in a basal rosette, coarsely and deeply lobed, upper ones lanceolate, entire or dentate, sagittate and stem-clasping at base. Flowers small, white. Fruit trangular-obcordate, 6-9 x 4-8 mm, truncate or notched at apex.
A widespread weed of cultivation reputed to taint milk and dairy produce.
Dry Grassland; Dwarf Karroid Shrubland. Disturbed places.
