Goat's head
Appearance
Goat's head is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- Acanthospermum hispidum, a plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Central and South America. Its seeds are shaped like the head of a goat.
- Proboscidea louisianica, a plant in the family Martyniaceae, is probably native to parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico in North America.[1] The dried fruit has multiple horns.
- Tribulus terrestris, a plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World in southern Europe, southern Asia, throughout Africa, and Australia.[2] It produces spiky seeds that are shaped like caltrops.
Plants named Goat's head
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Seeds of Acanthospermum hispidum
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Fruit of Proboscidea louisianica
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Fruit of Tribulus terrestris
References
[edit]- ^ "Proboscidea louisianica". NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ "Zygophyllaceae" (PDF). Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Retrieved 2010-03-13.