Plants Profile for Tribulus terrestris (puncturevine)

General Information
Symbol:	TRTE
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Zygophyllaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN W HI I L48 I PB I
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Italy. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

©James L. Reveal. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 442. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
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 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. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
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.

Wetland Status

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