Sclerolaena bicornis

Sclerolaena bicornis
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

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 The Walmajarri people of the Kimberley know the plant as Paka.

It was first described by John Lindley in 1838 in Thomas Mitchell's Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia. The species epithet, bicornis, is derived from Latin bis ("twice") and cornu (''horn"), and describes the plant as having two-horned burrs.