Tribulus terrestris
Caltrop, Cat-head at Higgins, ACT
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| Tribulus terrestris | BettyDonWood | 6 Apr 2018 | |
| Tribulus terrestris | Mike | 6 Apr 2018 | |
| Rumex hypogaeus | AlisonMilton | 6 Apr 2018 |
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User's notes
The whole footpath (nature strip) is covered in them. I feel like going back with a weeding fork and digging them all out. Found the thorns stuck in the bottom of my thongs.
4 comments
7 Apr 2018
This has compound (pinnate) leaves. The fruit is even spikier than Emex australis and fatal to bike tyres.
7 Apr 2018
Emex has shovel shaped leaves and a woody burr with three spines, and was last reported in Canberra in 1982. Tribulus terrestris has leaves with many leaflets. The seedcase is relatively flat and breaks up into five sections, each with two spines. There are two other sightings on CNM.
7 Apr 2018
About bike tyres. My daughter was at Roseworthy College in rural SA where the main burr was Three Cornered Jacks. The only way she could use a bike at all was one with solid tyres. Inner tubes on ordinary tyres got shredded in no time.
7 Apr 2018
Thanks Betty. I was basing this on your recent reported sighting in Belconnen.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.027769-35.233535
- Altitude 604.4m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 28 Mar 2018 03:27 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tribulus terrestris Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Species information
- Tribulus terrestris Scientific name
- Caltrop, Cat-head Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 775m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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