Tribulus terrestris L.
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
- Creosote-bush family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Tribulus terrestris L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 387 (1753)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Puncturevine
English name: caltrop English name: cat's-head
Spanish name: espigón
French name: tribule terrestre
Italian name: Tribolo comune
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Tribulus
Species:
Page counter: 1797 ( AVG: 221.1 / 219.791 )
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Tribulus terrestris
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Tivoli, Villa Adriana, RO, Lazio, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Tribulus terrestris
Habit at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Tribulus terrestris
Habit at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Barcellona, Orto Botanico., Catalogna, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Tribulus terrestris
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Monaco di Baviera, Orto Botanico di Monaco-Nymphenburg, Monaco, Baviera, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Tribulus terrestris
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Monaco di Baviera, Orto Botanico di Monaco-Nymphenburg, Monaco, Baviera, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Tribulus terrestris
Credit: Photo by Patrizia Ferrari
Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris
Credit: Photo by Renzo Salvo
Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris
Fruit at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Tribulus terrestris
Credit: Photo by Beppe Di Gregorio
Tribulus terrestris
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 442.
Tribulus terrestris
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Tribulus terrestris
Fruit at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Tribulus terrestris
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Tribulus terrestris
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Tribulus terrestris
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Tivoli, Villa Adriana, RO, Lazio, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Tribulus terrestris
Flower at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Tribulus terrestris
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Tribulus terrestris
Flower and leaves at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Tribulus terrestris
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Barcellona, Orto Botanico., Catalogna, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Tribulus terrestris
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la
France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in
public domain because its copyright has expired.
Tribulus terrestris
Credit: Photo by Patrizia Ferrari
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY), CAN (BC, ON)
Map for Tribulus terrestris L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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