Capsella bursa-pastoris, SE: Lomme, DE: Gewöhnliches Hirtentäschel,
NL: Herderstasje, UK: Sheperd's Purse, Mother's heart

Scientific name:		Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medicus
Basionym:		Thlaspi bursa-pastoris Linnaeus 1753
Swedish name:		Lomme
German name:		Gewöhnliches Hirtentäschel
Nederlandse naam:		Herderstasje
English name:		Sheperd's Purse, Mother's heart
Hebrew name:		ילקוט הרועים‮‬
Family:		Cruciferae / Brassicaceae, Korsblommiga växter

Life form:		Annual
Stems:		To +50cm tall, herbaceous, erect, stellate pubescent, simple or branching, with a fairly large taproot
Leaves:		Alternate,rosette, entire, dentate or serrate
Flowers:		White, a terminal raceme to +25cm long; flower stems spreading, 1-2cm; corolla 3-4mm broad; 4 white petals, 6 stamens, attached at base of ovary; 1 very short style; 4 sepals, free, green, glabrous, oblong
Fruits / Pods:		Obcordate (heart-shaped with apex in a downward direction) silique to +3mm long
Flowering Period:		April-October
Habitat:		Roadsides, streets and waste places etc. It can also grow just above the tree line in the mountains
Distribution:		Throughout the country, except in the mountain regions

Derivation of the botanical name: Capsella, Latin, little box, a small box, small coffer. bursapastoris, Late Latin, bursa, βυρσα, purse; pastor, a herdsman, shepard; sheperd's purse. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Medik. is used to indicate Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736–1808), a German physician and botanist.