Identification tips
Tip #1: The name of the genus Capsella comes from the Latin "little box", and the name of the species, bursa-pastoris means shepherd's purse, these names are associated with the plant's seed capsule that looks like a sheep shepherd's pouch.
Identification tips
Tip #1: The name of the genus, "Descurainia", honors François Descourain (1658-1740), a French botanist and doctor/pharmacist. The name of the species, "sophia", is from the Greek word meaning "wisdom", both this homage and the name of the species is due to the various uses of this plant for medicinal use.
Identification tips Tip #1: Unfortunately this has no trick to decorate the scientific name, sinapis is "mustard" in Greek and arvensis is "from the field" in Latin.
Plant shape 2º Identification tip: it tends to have large leaves near the ground and the stem and branches tend to be more prominent and have smaller leaves.
Identification tips
Tip #1: Solanum is Latin for "calming down", in reference to the narcotic properties of some species, while rostratum means "beak, snout or beak". I like to associate the styleof the flower with a birdbeak, also remember that the buffalo always has a bird eating its ticks.
Identification tips
Tip #1: This mustard family takes a hard time inventing a tip on how to decorate the name, but the genre comes from the Greek thlaein, "crush", "flattened" which is the characteristic of the fruits of this species and the species comes from Latin and means from the field.