Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris Medikus): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris Medikus): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Leaves of shepherd's purse are used in salads and to treat eye disease and dysentery in Chinese medicine

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[Romae (Rome)] : Bouchard et Gravier

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.4 x 23.1 cm

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Bursa Pastoris major folio sinuato. C.B.Pin.108. - I.R.H.216. - Ital. Borsa di Pastori. - Gall. Tabouret

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Wellcome Collection 17175i

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