Index / Search / Tribulus terrestris
§1 Plant
Tribulus terrestris L.
vernacular puncturevine — species · Zygophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Tribulus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 680 counties across 39 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 680 counties across 39 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 13 I ▾
California view state ↗ 47 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Contra Costa 06013
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Imperial 06025
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Kings 06031
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Sutter 06101
- Tehama 06103
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Adams 08001
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Crowley 08025
- Denver 08031
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Prowers 08099
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Weld 08123
Florida view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clearwater 16035
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Jerome 16053
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Minidoka 16067
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Payette 16075
- Power 16077
- Twin Falls 16083
- Washington 16087
Illinois view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pulaski 17153
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
Indiana view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 105 I ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 31 I ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Clay 29047
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Laclede 29105
- Madison 29123
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Nodaway 29147
- Pemiscot 29155
- Ray 29177
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Warren 29219
- Wayne 29223
Montana view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Blaine 31009
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Gosper 31073
- Grant 31075
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Merrick 31121
- Nemaha 31127
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
Nevada view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 18 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Cotton 40033
- Creek 40037
- Custer 40039
- Dewey 40043
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Jefferson 40067
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Latimer 40077
- Logan 40083
- Marshall 40095
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pittsburg 40121
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Rogers 40131
- Texas 40139
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
Oregon view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Columbia 41009
- Curry 41015
- Douglas 41019
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Lake 41037
- Lincoln 41041
- Malheur 41045
- Morrow 41049
- Sherman 41055
- Umatilla 41059
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 92 I ▾
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Cass 48067
- Castro 48069
- Childress 48075
- Coleman 48083
- Collin 48085
- Collingsworth 48087
- Cottle 48101
- Crane 48103
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Delta 48119
- Donley 48129
- Duval 48131
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Fisher 48151
- Floyd 48153
- Foard 48155
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Hale 48189
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hockley 48219
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Kleberg 48273
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Loving 48301
- Lubbock 48303
- McLennan 48309
- Mills 48333
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Navarro 48349
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Runnels 48399
- San Saba 48411
- Scurry 48415
- Sherman 48421
- Starr 48427
- Swisher 48437
- Tarrant 48439
- Terrell 48443
- Titus 48449
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
Utah view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/TRTE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5421116 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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