Medicines
Shepherds purse
Category: Medicines - plant based
Type
Voluntary
Introduction and description
Capsella bursa-pastoris, known by its common name shepherd's-purse because of its triangular, purse-like pods, is a small (up to 0.5 m) annual and ruderal species, and a member of the Brassicaceae or mustard family.
It is native to eastern Europe and Asia minor but is naturalized and considered a common weed in many parts of the world, especially in colder climates, including Britain, North America and China, the Mediterranean and North Africa.
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Related observations
Healing observations
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