Tumbleweed (disambiguation)
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Tumbleweed
is a kind of plant habit or structure
Tumbleweed, tumble-weed, tumble weed, and similar may also refer to:
Tumbleweed
A tumbleweed is the above-ground part of a plant that, once mature and dry, disengages from the root and tumbles away in the wind. Usually, the tumbleweed is the entire plant apart from the roots, but in a few species it is a flower cluster. The tumbleweed habit is most common in steppe and desert...
is a kind of plant habit or structure
Tumbleweed, tumble-weed, tumble weed, and similar may also refer to:
Plants with "tumbleweed" in a common name
- Amaranthus albusAmaranthus albusAmaranthus albus is an annual species of flowering plant. It is native to the tropical Americas but a widespread introduced species in other places, including Europe, Africa, and Australia...
- Amaranthus graecizansAmaranthus graecizansAmaranthus graecizans is an African species in the botanical family Amaranthaceae. It is naturalized in North America.Common names include tumbleweed and pigweed. page 27The edible leaves are used as a vegetable throughout Africa....
- Anemone virginianaAnemone virginianaAnemone virginiana is an upright growing herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. Plants grow 30 to 80 cm tall, flowering early summer but often found flowering till late summer, the flowers are white or greenish-white...
, tumble-weed - Anastatica, rose of Jericho, also known as Palestinian tumbleweed
- CyclolomaCyclolomaCycloloma is a monotypic genus which contains the sole species Cycloloma atriplicifolium, which is known by the common names winged pigweed, tumble ringwing, plains tumbleweed, and tumble-weed...
, tumble-weed - CorispermumCorispermumCorispermum is a genus of plants in the goosefoot family. Common names given to members of the genus involve bugseed, tickseed, and tumbleweed. In general, these are erect annual plants with flat, thin leaves and topped with inflorescences of flowers with long bracts...
hyssopifolium - Panicum capillarePanicum capillarePanicum capillare, known by the common name Witchgrass, is a species of grass. It is native plant to most of North America from the East Coast through all of the West Coast and California. It can be found as an introduced species in Eurasia, and as a weed in gardens and landscaped areas...
- PsoraleaPsoraleaPsoralea is a genus in the legume family . Although most species are poisonous, the starchy roots of P. esculenta and P. hypogaea are edible...
, white tumbleweeds - Kali soda, (Synonym Salsola) tumbleweed (some species); the usual tumbleweed appearing in Western movies
- Selaginella lepidophyllaSelaginella lepidophyllaSelaginella lepidophylla is a species of desert plant in the spikemoss family . S. lepidophylla is noted for its ability to survive almost complete desiccation; during dry weather in its native habitat, its stems curl into a tight ball and uncurl when exposed to moisture...
, a tumbleweed spikemoss, also known as rose of Jericho - Sisymbrium altissimumSisymbrium altissimumSisymbrium altissimum is a species of Sisymbrium. The plant is native to the western part of the Mediterranean Basin in Europe and Northern Africa and is widely naturalized throughout most of the world, including all of North America. It was probably introduced into North America by a contaminant...
, tumbleweed mustard
Films
- Tumbleweeds (1925 film)Tumbleweeds (1925 film)Tumbleweeds is a 1925 American Western film starring and produced by William S. Hart. It depicts the Cherokee Strip land rush of 1893. The film is said to have influenced the Oscar-winning 1931 Western Cimarron, which also depicts the land rush...
, William S. Hart film - Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935 film)Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935 film)Tumbling Tumbleweeds is a 1935 American musical Western film scripted by Ford Beebe, directed by Joseph Kane, and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Gabby Hayes.-Cast:Gene Autry ... Gene Autry Smiley Burnette ... Smiley...
, Gene Autry film - Tumbleweed (1953 film)Tumbleweed (1953 film)Tumbleweed is a 1953 western film starring Audie Murphy, Lori Nelson, Chill Wills, Roy Roberts, Russell Johnson, K.T. Stevens, Madge Meredith, and Lee Van Cleef. It was also known as Three Were Renegades....
, Audie Murphy film - Tumbleweeds (1999 film)Tumbleweeds (1999 film)Tumbleweeds is a 1999 American drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor. He co-wrote the screenplay with his then-wife Angela Shelton, who was inspired by her memories of a childhood spent on the road with her serial-marrying mother.-Plot:...
, Gavin O'Connor film
Music
- Tumbleweed ConnectionTumbleweed ConnectionTumbleweed Connection is the third album by English international recording artist Elton John. It is a concept album based on the Country and Western/Americana themes. All songs are written by Bernie Taupin and Elton John with the exception of "Love Song" by Lesley Duncan. It was recorded at...
, Elton John album - Tumbleweed Connection (musical)Tumbleweed Connection (musical)Tumbleweed Connection is a musical that tells a story largely made up by the songs contained on Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection album. The musical opened to the public on October 19th, 2007 at the Clark Center of Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande, California...
, based on the album - Tumbling TumbleweedsTumbling Tumbleweeds"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" is a song composed by Bob Nolan, one of the founding members of the Sons of the Pioneers. Although one of the most famous songs associated with cowboys, the song was composed by Nolan back in the 1930s while he was working as a caddy and living in Los Angeles...
, Sons of the Pioneers song - Tumbleweed (band)Tumbleweed (band)Tumbleweed are a Wollongong-based rock group in Australia, popular during the grunge years of the 1990s. As an opening band for Nirvana on their 1992 tour of Australia, Tumbleweed reached out into the mainstream with their crunchy-psychedelica...
, Australian band
Other
- Tumbleweed Southwest GrillTumbleweed Southwest GrillTumbleweed Southwest Grill is a chain restaurant based in Louisville, Kentucky, having originated in New Albany, Indiana.-History:Tumbleweed Southwest Grill serves Southwest-style foods. The original restaurant opened in 1975 in New Albany, Indiana, just across the Ohio River from Louisville....
, restaurant chain - Tumbleweeds (comic strip), by Tom K. Ryan
- Tumbleweed CommunicationsTumbleweed CommunicationsTumbleweed Communications Corp. provided secure messaging and secure file transfer solutions for enterprise and government customers. Tumbleweed Communications merged with Axway in 2008....
, a former internet security corporation, acquired by Axway in 2008 - Tumbleweed Tiny House CompanyTumbleweed Tiny House CompanyTumbleweed Tiny House Company is a company in Sebastopol, California that designs and builds small houses between , many of which are mobile homes with built-in wheels — shipped via truck to consumers. The company also offers larger designs as floor plans.In 2002, Tumbleweed's owner, Jay...
- Tumbleweed gambit