Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Tribulus terrestris L.

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Automobile-weed (1923) (156)

Bur-nut [Bur nut] (1923-1932) (85, 156)

Caltrop (1913-1923) (80, 156)

Goat's head [Goat head] (1986) (4)

Ground bur-nut [Ground but nut, Ground burnut] (1907-1937) (5, 72, 97, 156)

Land caltrop [Land caltrops] (1900-1923) (5, 107, 156, 158)

Puncture vine [Puncture-vine, Puncturevine] (1923-Present) (3, 4, 50, 93, 122, 148, 155, 156)

Punctureweed [Puncture-weed] (1923) (156)

Sand-bur (1923) (156)

Texas but (1923) (156)