Goat's head

Goat's head is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

• Acanthospermum hispidum, a plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Central and South America. Its seeds are shaped like the head of a goat.
• Proboscidea louisianica, a plant in the family Martyniaceae, is probably native parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico in North America.^[1] The dried fruit has multiple horns.
• Tribulus terrestris, a plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World in southern Europe, southern Asia, throughout Africa, and Australia.^[2] It produces spiky seeds that are shaped like caltrops.

Plants named Goat's head

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  Seeds of Acanthospermum hispidum

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  Fruit of Proboscidea louisianica

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  Fruit of Tribulus terrestris

References

1. "'Proboscidea louisianica". NatureServe. 2012.
2. "Zygophyllaceae" (PDF). Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Retrieved 2010-03-13.