Capsella rubella, Reuter

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 316

2. C. rubella Reuter , Compt. Rend. Soc. Hallér. 18 (1854).

Plant sparsely hairy or glabrous. Flowers scentless. Sepals usually reddish at apex, glabrous. Petals 1 -5-2 mm, scarcely exceeding sepals, usually reddish at least on margins. Silicula c. 6 x 6 mm, distinctly attenuate at base, usually fairly deeply emarginate at apex; lateral margins concave; apical lobes obtuse; style c. 0- 25 mm. S. Europe, extending northwards to N. France; an occasional casual in C. Europe and Ukraine. Al BI *Br Co Cr Ga Gr He Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu [Au Ge].

Sterile plants intermediate between 1 and 2 have been called C. gracilis Gren. , Mém. Soc. Émul. Doubs ser. 3, 2: 403 (1858) (C. gelmii J. Murr). Fertile intermediates also sometimes occur.