Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Big caltrop

Kallstroemia maxima

Spanish: Abrojo de flor amarilla

Big caltrop (Kallstroemia maxima) is a plant recorded near La Saladita, Guerrero, Mexico, with 5 research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones). Most often recorded in Jan, Nov, Jul, Oct.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Zygophyllales › Zygophyllaceae

Local records5 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records2,007 on iNaturalist

Recorded here2020 – 2023

Months recorded near La Saladita

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Recent local sightings

2023-01-31 — observation by gilbertoramirez
2022-11-08 — observation by dale_denham_logsdon
2022-01-06 — observation by zihuadean
2021-07-01 — observation by ekdelval
2020-10-02 — observation by marumg

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Cite as: “Big caltrop (Kallstroemia maxima) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/kallstroemia-maxima/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.