Shepherd's purse has white roots, erect stems, single branches or basal branches.
The basal leaves are clustered and close to the ground, showing a rosette shape. Leaves ovoid to oblong, pinnately divided, hairy, winged, long petiole, mostly 5-40 mm; The terminal leaves are the largest, with a length and width of 12cm and 2.5cm, while the lateral leaves are smaller, generally 5-30mm long and 2-20mm wide, with 3-8 pairs of lobes, long and narrow, spreading, oval, flat at the base and white at the edge.
Shepherd's purse (2 sheets)
Cauline leaves are narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate, with a length of 1-2cm and a width of 2- 15mm, with fine hairs or no hairs on both sides, an arrow-shaped stalk at the base, and concave or serrated edges.
Shepherd's purse is a cruciferous flower with racemes. Four strong stamens. Short pods are flat. Petals obovate, round to ovoid, apex acuminate, lobed or irregularly coarsely serrate; Racemes terminal or axillary; Each flower has 4 sepals, oblong; Petals are white, bisexual, spoon-shaped or oval, 2-3 mm long and short claws. Short pod, obovate triangle or inverted triangle, 5-8 mm long, 4-7 mm wide, flat, hairless, slightly concave at the top, with reticulate veins, and the style is about 0.5 mm long. Seeds in 2 rows, oval and light brown. The flowering and fruiting period is from April to June, and the stem height is 20 ~ 50 cm when flowering.