Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.

Shepherd's-purse

Minimum height	5
Maximal height	60
Life form	Th-HT
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	W
Ujvárosi's life form system	T1
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	Th
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	Th_win

Chromosome number	32
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	A
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	Indiff.
Nativeness	alien species
Residence time	archaeophyte
Introduction mode	accidental
Invasion status	naturalised species
Area type	KOZ
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	GY

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	7
EIV T	x
EIV K	x
EIV F	5
EIV R	x
EIV N	6
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	6k
WZ-scale	5
RZ-scale	0
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	0
FS- scale	0
RS- scale	0
NS-scale	3-4
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	6
WB-scale	5
RB-scale	0
NB-scale	7
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	4
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	543.068
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	155.049
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	35.898
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	0.120
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	15.950
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.