Report
Puncturevine
PNW (Series), 133, Washington State University Extension
12/2019
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/16941
Abstract
Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris L.) is also commonly referred to as tackweed, puncture weed, Mexican sandbur, Texas sandbur, goathead, caltrop, and bullhead. This non-native plant of the southern Europe and Mediterranean region likely showed up in the United States and later the PNW due to seed movement. Since its introduction, human activity and animals have introduced and spread the plant throughout much of the United States and Pacific Northwest. Puncturevine fruits resemble the caltrop, a metal device used in medieval warfare which was placed on the ground with one spike up to slow advancing armies. This weed is a member of a small genus composed of about 12 species in the Caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae). The genus name, Tribulus, derives from the Greek word tribolus, “spiny plant,” which refers to the spiny fruits. This publication is intended to assist growers, crop advisors, pesticide applicators, and homeowners to effectively manage this weed.
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Details
- Title
- Puncturevine
- Creators
- Dale K. Whaley (Author)Robert Parker (Author)Rick Allen Boydston (Author)
- Academic Unit
- Publications, WSU Extension
- Series
- PNW (Series); 133
- Publisher
- Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900501050401842
- Copyright
- Copyright Not Evaluated ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report