tribolus

Flora Eur. 655

Maltese cross, puncture vine, caltrop, cat's head, devil's-thorn, devil's-weed, goathead

Tribulus terrestris L.

Bürzeldorn

croix de Malte, escarbot, corniche, saligot, tribule terrestre

tribolo comune

G. 1.153

3.385

no thorns in Arcadia

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A noxious, invasive weed. The seeds when dry can take out a tire. Kind of pretty until you get close. Picture 2 shows it taking over a sidewalk in Hawaii. Bizarrely, Tribulus terrestris is suddenly the drug of choice with bodybuilders, not to mention claims of curing impotence, etc.

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