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Tribulus terrestris L.
puncturevine

       
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Photo of Tribulus terrestris L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Italy. Usage Requirements.
 
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Images:
Tribulus terrestris L.

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Distribution:
Tribulus terrestris L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

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)
 

Related Taxa:
Tribulus terrestris L.

View 9 genera in Zygophyllaceae, 2 species in Tribulus
 

Classification:
Tribulus terrestris L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Sapindales
Family Zygophyllaceae – Creosote-bush family
Genus Tribulus L. – puncturevine
Species Tribulus terrestris L. – puncturevine
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Tribulus terrestris L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arizona:
puncturevine              Prohibited noxious weed
puncturevine              Regulated noxious weeds
California:
puncturevine              C list (noxious weeds)
Colorado:
puncturevine              C list (noxious weeds)
Idaho:
puncturevine              Noxious weed
Iowa:
puncturevine              Secondary noxious weed
Nevada:
puncturevine              Noxious weed
North Carolina:
puncturevine              Class B noxious weed
Oregon:
puncturevine              "B" designated weed
puncturevine              Quarantine
Washington:
puncturevine              Class B noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Tribulus terrestris L.

Mexican sandbur
Texas sandbur
bullhead
caltrop
goathead
puncturevine

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Tribulus terrestris L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

More Accounts and Images:
Tribulus terrestris L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29057.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Tribulus terrestris L.

Arizona: abstract & image of goathead (Tribulus terrestris)

Idaho One Plan: noxious abstract & images

MT-Center for Invasive Plant Management

NV-Extension Weed Wanted Posters

North Carolina Agriculture and Consumer Services: Weed Regulatory Services

TX-Biological Control of Weeds in Texas (TAMU)

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

 
 
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