General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems simple to branched, 10-50 cm long, with simple and starlike hairs.
Leaves:
Basal leaves in rosettes, stalked, 3-6 cm long, oblanceolate, more or less entire to pinnately lobed or dissected; stem leaves unstalked and clasping, lanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, mostly remotely saw-toothed, with earlike lobes at the base.
Flowers:
Inflorescene a many-flowered raceme; flower stalks slender, spreading, 7-15 mm long; petals white, with a distinct stalklike base, 1.5-4 mm long; sepals 2 mm long.
Fruits:
Silicles, heart-shaped to triangular, 4-8 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, strongly flattened, broad at tip, squared-off to slightly notched; seeds numerous, minutely net-veined.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
694 | 328 | 1010 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
10 | 0 | 28 |
Aspect (degrees) |
172 | 37 | 308 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 2 | 5 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
11 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(2), IDF(5), PP(3) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Bursa bursa-pastoris (L.) Britt.
Bursa bursa-pastoris var. bifida CrTpin
Bursa gracilis Gren.
Capsella rubella Reut.
Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L.