Capsella rubella
Reuter
Red shepherd’s purse
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The young leaves are boiled and eaten in mixtures and omelettes.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Europe, Italy, Mediterranean, North America, Turkey, Türkiye, USA,
How to Identify
A herbaceous member of the cabbage family found in temperate regions.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Capsella rubella, the pink shepherd's-purse, is a plant species in the genus Capsella, and a member of the mustard family. It has a very similar appearance to C. bursa-pastoris, but C. rubella has a diploid as opposed to a tetraploid genome. The species is also a very close relative of Arabidopsis thaliana. The separation of C. rubella from its closest ancestor (connecting it to C. grandiflora) is theorized to have happened around 30,000 to 50,000 years ago. Along with C. grandiflora, it is used as a model plant to study the evolution of self-incompatibility into self-compatibility in plant reproduction. The species is found mostly in the Mediterranean region.
Notes
There are 5 Capsella species.
Names & Synonyms
Erba raparina
References (5)
- Compt.-Rend. Trav. Soc. Haller. 1854:18. 1854
- Elias, T.S. & Dykeman P.A., 1990, Edible Wild Plants. A North American Field guide. Sterling, New York p 81
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
- Tozer, F., 2007, The Uses of Wild Plants. Green Man Publishing. p 54
- www.theplantlist.org
