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Puncturevine - Tribulus terrestris L.


Puncturevine seedling.	Puncturevine leaf.

Puncturevine flower.	Puncturevine fruit.

Life cycle: Prostrate, mat-forming summer annual.

Leaves: Opposite, even pinnately compound, with many small, oblong leaflets.

Stems: Prostrate, covered with stiff hairs and branching in all directions, forming circular mats.

Flowers and fruit: Flowers are small with five yellow petals. Podlike fruit are woody with five triangular burs and sharp spines. Spines are stout enough to puncture tires.

Reproduction: Seeds.

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02/08/08