Plant Details

Accepted name:: Kallstroemia californica (S.Watson) Vail [Zygophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
california caltrop	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Kallstroemia brachystylis Vail Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 206 (1897).
Kallstroemia californica var. brachystylis (Vail) Kearney & Peebles J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 485 (1939).
Tribulus brachystylis (Vail) B.L.Rob. in A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 354 (1897).
Tribulus californicus S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 125 (1876).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Kallstroemia californica (S. Wats.) Vail	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Kallstroemia californica (S.Watson) Vail	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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