| Scientific Name | Capsella bursa-pastoris | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Mustard ( Brassicaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 4-Petaled Maltese Cross
Urnlike flowers in a regular Maltese-cross shape of four sepals and four petals of equal length. Six stamens(2 are attached at a lower level). | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Niehaus, Ripper, Savage Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers p. 26 | |||||||||||||
February - May
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Seedpod |
| Flat, heart-shaped seedpods. They look like a shepherd's purse if inverted. Only in the mustard family is the seedpod called at silique (Dictionary.com: A dry, dehiscent, elongated fruit, characteristic of the mustard family, having two valves that fall away leaving a central partition.) |
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Basal Leaves |
| Basal leaves resemble dandelion leaves. |