Capsella bursa-pastoris

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Capsella bursa
Scientific Name and Description
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Herb Family

Plant Synonyms

Plant Synonyms
Bursa abscissa (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa alandica (Almq.) Druce
Bursa anglica (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa astoris Weber
Bursa batavorum (Almq.) Druce
Bursa belgica (Almq.) Druce
Bursa bremensis (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa brittonii (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa bursa-pastoris (L.) Shafer
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. heteris Shull
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. integrifolia Farw.
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. minor Farw.
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. rhomboidea Shull
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. simplex (Hus) Shull
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. tenuis Shull
Bursa concava (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa divaricata (Walp.) Kuntze
Bursa djurdjurae Shull
Bursa druceana (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa gallica (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa germanica (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa grossa (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa heegeri (Solms) Shull
Bursa hiatula (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa integrella (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa laevigata (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa mediterranea (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa occidentalis var. concava Shull
Bursa occidentalis subsp. madeirae Shull
Bursa orientalis Shull
Bursa origo (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa patagonica (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa penarthae Shull
Bursa pergrossa (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa robusta (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa segetum (E.B.Almq.) Druce
Bursa sinuosa (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa sublaevigata (Almq.) Druce
Bursa trevirorum (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa turoniensis (E.G.Almq.) Druce
Bursa viguieri (Blaringhem) Shull
Bursa viminalis (Almq.) Druce
Capsella abscissa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella acutifolia Raf.
Capsella aestivalis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella agrestis Jord.
Capsella agrestis-rubella Paill.
Capsella alandica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella algida (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella alpestris (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella altissima (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella amblodes Raf.
Capsella angermannica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella anglica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella angustiloba (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella apetala Opiz
Capsella austriaca Sennen
Capsella autumnalis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella batavorum (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella belgica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella bicuspis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella bifida Raf.
Capsella biformis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella bottnica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella bremensis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella brevisiliqua (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella brittonii (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella bursa Raf.
Capsella bursa-pastoris f. attenuata Hus
Capsella bursa-pastoris var. bifida Crép.
Capsella bursa-pastoris var. integrifolia DC.
Capsella bursa-pastoris var. minor DC.
Capsella bursa-pastoris var. pinnata Makino
Capsella bursa-pastoris f. pinnatifida (Schltr.) Jovan.-Dunj.
Capsella bursa-pastoris var. rubriflora Muschl.
Capsella bursa-pastoris var. stenocarpa Crép.
Capsella calmariensis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella caucasica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella cavata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella collina (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella compacta (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella convexiformis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella cordata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella coroncpus (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella cuneiformis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella cuneolata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella curvisiliqua (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella cuspidata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella dentata Raf.
Capsella denticulata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella difformis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella diodonta (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella divaricata Walp.
Capsella druceana (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella elegans (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella emarginata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella erecta Walp.
Capsella exotica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella faucialis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella foliosa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella frigida (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella fucorum (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella furcata Raf.
Capsella galicica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella gallica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella germanica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella gothica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella gotlandica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella gracilescens (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella grossa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella grossotriangularis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella hanseatica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella heegeri Solms
Capsella helsingica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella herjedalica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella hians (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella hiatula (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella hiemalis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella hispida Hobk.
Capsella humilis Rouy & Foucaud
Capsella hyrcana Grossh.
Capsella incisura (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella integrella (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella integrifolia Hegetschw.
Capsella integrifolia Raf.
Capsella jemtlandica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella jeniseiensis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella kyphosa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella lacerata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella laevigata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella lanceolatocaspica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella latisiliqua (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella lenaensis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella leptoloba (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella linearis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella lingulata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella lobulata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella longiracemosa Sennen
Capsella longirostris (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella longisiliqua (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella lulensis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella lutetiana (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella macroclada (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella matura (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella mediterranea (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella microcarpa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella monasterialis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella nanella (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella nylandica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella obovata (Östman) Almq.
Capsella obtusa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella odontophylla (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella oelandica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella origo (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella oviculata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella ovifera (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella pastoralis Dulac
Capsella pastoris Rupr.
Capsella patagonica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella penarthae (Shull) Wilmott
Capsella perconcava (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella perdentata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella pergrossa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella perhians (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella perversa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella pinnata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella pinnatofoliosa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella poimenobalantion St.-Lag.
Capsella polymorpha Cav.
Capsella praecox Jord.
Capsella praematura (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella prionophylla (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella provincialis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella querceti (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella ramselensis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella rhenana Almq.
Capsella rhombea (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella robusta (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella rubella (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella rubelliformis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella rubelloagrestis Paill.
Capsella rubiginosa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella ruderalis Jord.
Capsella salinula (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella savonica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella scanica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella scoliocaspica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella segetum (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella seleniaca (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella semilobata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella semirubella (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella sinuatolinearis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella sinuosa (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella smolandica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella stenocarpa (Crép.) Hobk.
Capsella stenocarpa Timb.-Lagr.
Capsella subalgida (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella subalpina (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella subarctica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella subbergiana (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella subcanescens (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella subcavata (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella subseleniaca (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella tenerescens (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella tibelensis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella tjustiana (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella trevirorum (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella triangularis St.-Lag.
Capsella turoniensis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella umensis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella ursina (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella varia (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella vestrogothica (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella viguieri Blaringhem
Capsella viminalis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Capsella virgata Jord.
Capsella viridis (E.B.Almq.) E.B.Almq.
Crucifera capsella E.H.L.Krause
Iberis bursa-pastoris Crantz
Lepidium bursa-pastoris Willd.
Nasturtium bursa-pastoris (L.) Roth
Opizia bursoides Raf.
Rodschiedia bursa-pastoris (Medik.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Schreb.
Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L.
Thlaspi cuneatum Stokes
Thlaspi infestum Salisb.
Thlaspi schrankii J.F.Gmel.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Common Name shepherd's purse
English caseweed, mothers-heart, shepherds purse, shepherds-purse, shovelweed
Hindi botlya
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Homoeopathy
Folk
References

Literature

Literature
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 2 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

Citations

Herb citations

Capsella bursa-pastoris. (2024, June 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsella_bursa-pastoris