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Tribulus macrocarpus Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 1:289 (1863)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or ascending annual, herb, plants glabrescent; leaflet pairs 5-7; fruits with a pair of median spines between the wings. Fl. yellow, Jan or May to Nov. Red sandy & loamy soils. Plains, dunes, creeks.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 November 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.