General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 6 inches
Plant Spread: 2 feet to 5 feet
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Puncturevine
  • Texas Sandbur
  • Caltrop
  • Goathead
  • Tackweed
  • Mexican Sandbur
  • Goat's Head
  • Bullhead

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Location:  Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-06-18
Zone 9b. Root and all removed just before the "Goat Heads" dry.

photo credit: H. Zell

photo credit: H. Zell

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