Tribulus terrestris L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Small Caltrops
🇫🇷 Tribule terrestre, Croix-de-Malte, Herse, Rasèle

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily: Tribuloideae
Genus: Tribulus
Species: Tribulus terrestris

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

T. terrestris var. bicornutus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Hadidi, 1972;
T. terrestris var. orientalis (A.Kern.) Beck, 1892;
T. terrestris var. robustus (Boiss. & Noë) Boiss., 1867;
T. terrestris var. rajasthanensis (Bhandari & V.S.Sharma) Hemaid & Jacob-Thomas, 1996;
T. terrestris var. terrestris L., 1753, P.

Photographs

img/tribulus-terrestris.webp — Tribulus terrestris

Sources

Chappuis, E. (2014). Tribulus terrestris (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203497/2766331
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1080). Biotope.