What are these called in spanish?
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It's there 'Goathead' Like many weedy species, this plant has many common names, including puncturevine, caltrop, cathead, yellow vine, goathead, burra gokharu and bindii but wow, interesting thing isn't it?
Where I grew up in Texas we had a similar looking burr on a type of grass they locally call a "sticker" or Texas grass sticker. Yours appears to be on some kind of bush or small tree. Do you know the name of the plant that it grows on?
Texas grass "sticker"
Goathead thorn
Goathead weed
The latin name of the plant is Tribulus_terrestris. Change link page into Spanish language.
Nombre común [editar]
Como muchas malezas, tiene muchos nombres comunes. Abrojo, cadillo, cuernos de chivo, tríbulo son los más ampliamente usados; otros: Gokshura, Trikanta, Shadamshtra, Espigón, Mormaga, Abrojos, Abreojos, Abrepies, Abrul, Cairell, Gossos, Cruz de San Antonio, Espigón, Sasilarra, Bindi, Burra gokhroo, Cabeza de Gato, Cuerno del Diablo, Maleza del Diablo, Muela de Lobo, IsiHoho, Cruz Maltesa, Maleza Puntuda, Rosa.[1]
It would be much easier to tell what it is in Spanish if you said what it was called in English. Do you know what it is called?
The plant's most common names are Puncturevine or Goat Head. And they suck. We have a goat head problem and they're a real pain to get rid of.
It looks like a thorn, right?
Parece una espina, ¿no?
In Spanish we call these 'toritos' ('little bulls') in New Mexico.
