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Grand Shepherd's-purse

Capsella grandiflora

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) libro88, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Italy.January 10, February 31, March 52, April 28, May 15, June 2, July 1, August 0, September 6, October 3, November 5, December 5.
Italy158
Nord-Ovest158
Greece75
Peloponisos-W. Greece & Ionian70
Switzerland5
St. Gallen3
Attica2
Epirus-Western Macedonia2
Egean1
Glarus1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMustards, Capers, and Allies · Brassicales
Familymustard family · Brassicaceae
GenusShepherd's-purses · Capsella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Grand Shepherd's-purse with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.