Shepherds purse

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Take a look at this little dainty cute wildflower growing down here. This is called shepherd's purse. And the reason it's called shepherd's purse is really interesting. You pull off these little seed pods, it's it's May time now and these little seed pods are on the plant.

[00:00:16]They actually look like little shepherd's purses. The little pod The little purses that shepherds would have carried around their bits and bobs and their money in. Kind of little medieval pouches as you can imagine. And that is how this plant got its name. Get wild.