The real and fake shepherd's purse can be identified from the shape of the leaf blade, the presence of sap, the color of the flower and so on.

1, leaf shape

The tip of real capercaillie's leaf is in the shape of pinnatisect, while the tip of capercaillie's leaf is triangular. The leaves of caper are gray-green and the leaves and stems are also of the same color, while the stems of false caper are red.

2, with or without juice

The real caper has no juice after breaking, and the fake caper will flow out transparent liquid after breaking.

3, flower color

Capra's flower is white, and the flower stalk is longer, while the fake capra's flower is yellow.

What is the information about capers?

Capsella bursa-pastoris (jìcài) (scientific name: Capsella bursa-pastoris (Linn.) Medic.), is a dicotyledonous plant, Cruciferae, the genus Capsella the common name of the capsule, an annual or biennial herb, 10-50 centimeters high, glabrous, with simple or forked hairs; stem erect, simple or branched from lower part.

Basal leaves clustered rosulate, lyrate-pinnatifid, terminal lobe ovate to oblong, lateral lobes 3-8 pairs, oblong to ovate, apically acuminate, lobed, or irregularly coarsely serrate or subentire; cauline leaves narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate, base aristate, amplexicaul, margin notched or serrate. Racemes terminal and axillary, sepals oblong; petals white, ovate, shortly clawed. Short-horned fruit obtriangular or obcordate-triangular, flattened, glabrous, apically retuse, cleft petals with reticulate veins; seeds in 2 rows, long ellipsoid, light brown.

Shepherd's purse, annual or biennial herb, Cruciferae, Shepherd's purse. Also known as the nurse grass, rice root grass, ground vegetables, chickweed, ground rice vegetables, diamond gate vegetable, flower purple cabbage, etc., locally known as fragrant chestnut, the north is also known as white cauliflower, black hearted cabbage, Yaojia called straw cabbage, Henan, Hubei and other regions called the ground vegetables, a variety of ways to eat.