Characteristics of shepherd's purse are:

1, shepherd's purse's leaf tip is with lobed, leaf distribution is messy.

2, caper leaves have no hair: dandelion and caper are very similar when young, but the back of the dandelion leaf is with a little hair, and caper does not.

3, caper leaves do not touch the ground: in the growth of the time, the leaves from the ground is a certain distance from the ground, while the dandelion leaves are close to the ground, which is also a significant feature of caper.

4, after the leaf breaks no juice out: and with the caper very similar to the dandelion, after the leaf breaks there will be white liquid out.

5, shepherd's purse flowers are white, and is a cross type flower family in shepherd's purse grows to adulthood will see the flower of shepherd's purse, can be recognized by this point.

6, shepherd's purse seeds are triangular, shepherd's purse will grow from the seeds after flowering, it is very characteristic of the seeds, is triangular, in addition there are shepherd's purse roots have obvious shepherd's purse flavor, you can identify by smelling the smell.