Tribulus terrestris L. - Zygophyllaceae - 蒺藜 ji li (chin.), caltrop, cat's-head, puncturevine, **Erd-Burzeldorn**, Erdsternchen | Tribulus terrestris L. - Zygophyllaceae - 蒺藜 ji li (chin.), caltrop, cat's head, puncturevine, **Erd-Burzeldorn**, Erdsternchen |
Prostrate annual herb, mat-forming, native to Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, naturalized elsewhere; leaves pubescent, short petioled, even-pinnately compound, opposite, leaflets opposite, oblong, pubescent on the lower surface and the midrib of the upper surface; flowers yellow, 8-10 mm wide, solitary from the axils of the small leaves, peduncles 2-15 mm long, petals yellow; fruit 1cm thick, splitting at maturity into 5 segments each with a line of horny processes down the back and 2 lateral spines toward the center. \\ | Prostrate annual herb, mat-forming, native to Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, naturalized elsewhere; leaves pubescent, short petioled, even-pinnately compound, opposite, leaflets opposite, oblong, pubescent on the lower surface and the midrib of the upper surface; flowers yellow, 8-10 mm wide, solitary from the axils of the small leaves, peduncles 2-15 mm long, petals yellow; fruit 1cm thick, splitting at maturity into 5 segments each with a line of horny processes down the back and 2 lateral spines toward the center. \\ |