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Common Devil's Thorn

Tribulus bimucronatus Viv.

Description

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It is a pubescent annual plant that reaches up to 15-30 cm long with prostrate stems. Leaves are compound with 3-5 pairs of ovate-elliptic leaflets. Flowers are with yellow petals and lanceolate sepals. The fruit is 5-8 mm diameter, pyramidal with sparsely to densely hairy mericarps which are unarmed or with 2 small basal spines.

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Life Expectancy

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Annual.

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Size

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Height: 15-30 cm.

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