Sclerolaena bicornis
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Sclerolaena bicornis, commonly known as goathead burr, is a perennial shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, native to inland Australia, and found in Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales, and Western Australia[1] The Walmajarri people of the Kimberley know the plant as Paka.[3]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Sclerolaena |
Species: | S. bicornis |
Binomial name | |
Sclerolaena bicornis | |
Occurrence data from AVH |
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It was first described by John Lindley in 1838 in Thomas Mitchell's Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia.[1][2] The species epithet, bicornis, is derived from Latin bis ("twice") and cornu (''horn"),[4] and describes the plant as having two-horned burrs.