Family: Brassicaceae Capsella bursa-pastoris     *     Shepherds-purse Flowering time: January-December. Annual or biennial Habitat: Abundant; roadsides, pavement edges, waste ground and gardens. Variable, a slender, branched plant that is either hairy or hairless. Erect racemes of small white flowers are followed by distinctive flat, triangular to heart-shaped fruit. Leaves are pinnately lobed or undivided in basal rosettes, upper leaves stem-clasping. Similar: Thale Cress, Arabidopsis thaliana

Shepherds-purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris
Holton Lee, Dorset. October 2012