Species category

Weed

Common name

camelthorn

Diagnostic characters

Identification notes

Found as true seedsTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
or in podPod:
A dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants (beans, peas). Also known as a legume.
segments that are rounded at each end. HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
small and round. Often having a mottled line of color along the cotyledonary lobe margin. The radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat.
lobe diverges dramatically from the cotyledonary lobe, making the mitten shape of the seed.

Comments

See USDA Agricultural Handbook 219.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weeds: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming 

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature