Pronunciation: TRIB-yoo-lus ter-ES-tris
Common name: Puncture vine
Family: Zygophyllaceae (Caltrop)
Habitat: Waste places, roadsides, vacant lots, other
dry disturbed areas below 5000', native to the
Mediterranean
Blooming period: April to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Tribulus
2) terrestris