PUNCTUREVINE (Tribulus terrestris L.)   GROWTH HABIT: Annual, mat forming trailing stems to 5 feet long. LEAVES: Opposite, hairy, divided into 4 to 8 pairs of leaflets. Oval leaflets 1/4 to ½ inch long. STEMS: Prostrate, trailing, hairy, many branched from root crown. FLOWER: 5 petals, yellow, in leaf axils, to ½ inch wide. ROOTS: Fibrous. SEEDS: Fruitbreak into 5 sections with 2 to 4 seeds per capsule. Capsules tack like structures with 2 sharp spines, resembling the head of a goat. OTHER:

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