tumbleweed A tumbleweed is a structural part of the above-ground anatomy of a number of species of plants. It is a diaspore that, once mature and dry, detaches from its root or stem and rolls due to the force of the wind. In most such species, the tumbl ...

is a kind of plant habit or structure. Tumbleweed, tumble-weed or tumble weed may also refer to:

Films

* ''Tumbleweeds'' (1925 film), William S. Hart film * ''Tumbling Tumbleweeds'' (1935 film), Gene Autry film * ''Tumbleweed'' (1953 film), Nathan Juran film * ''Tumbleweeds'' (1999 film), Gavin O'Connor film

Music

Tumbleweed (band) Tumbleweed are an Australian rock group formed in 1990 in Tarrawanna. Three of their studio albums appeared on the ARIA top 50: ''Tumbleweed'' (1992), ''Galactaphonic'' (1995), and ''Return to Earth'' (1996). History 1990–1994: Formation a ...

, an Australian band *

The Tumbleweeds The Tumbleweeds, sometimes billed as Cole Wilson And His Tumbleweeds, were a New Zealand country and western group founded in Dunedin in 1949. The band are considered among the major pioneers of New Zealand country music. They were amongst the ...

, also known as "Cole Wilson and His Tumbleweeds", a New Zealand band * Tumbleweeds, a Dutch band featuring Ton Masseurs * "Tumbleweed" (song), by Sylvia, 1980 * "Tumbleweed", a song by Jinjer from ''Duél'' (Jinjer album) (2025) * "Tumbleweed", a song by Keith Urban from ''

The Speed of Now Part 1 ''The Speed of Now Part 1'' is the eleventh studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. The album was released on 18 September 2020 via Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville. The album won the Highest Selling Al ...

'' (2020)

Organizations

* Tumbleweed Tex Mex Grill & Margarita Bar, a restaurant chain *

Tumbleweed Communications Tumbleweed Communications Corp. provided secure messaging and secure file transfer solutions for enterprise and government customers. The company became a publicly traded company in 1999, trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol TMW ...

, a former Internet security corporation, acquired by Axway in 2008 *

Tumbleweed Tiny House Company Tumbleweed Tiny House Company is a company in Sonoma, California, that designs and builds small houses between , Many are timber-framed homes permanently attached to trailers for mobility. The houses on wheels are available to be purchased ready ...

Plants

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Amaranthus albus ''Amaranthus albus'' is an annual species of flowering plant native to the Americas. Its common names include common tumbleweed, tumble pigweed, tumbleweed, prostrate pigweed, pigweed amaranth, white amaranth and white pigweed. Description '' ...

'' * ''

Amaranthus graecizans ''Amaranthus graecizans'', the Mediterranean amaranth or short-tepalled pigweed, is an annual species in the botanical family Amaranthaceae. It is native to Africa, southern Europe, East Asia to India and Central Asia. It is naturalized in North ...

'' * ''

Anemone virginiana ''Anemone virginiana'' is an upright growing herbaceous species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is a perennial that grows tall, flowering from May until July. The flowers are white or greenish-white. After flowering ...

'', tumble-weed * '' Anastatica'', rose of Jericho, also known as Palestinian tumbleweed * ''

Centaurea diffusa ''Centaurea diffusa'', also known as diffuse knapweed, white knapweed or tumble knapweed, is a member of the genus ''Centaurea'' in the family Asteraceae. This species is common throughout western North America but is not actually native to the ...

'', diffuse knapweed * ''

Centaurea stoebe ''Centaurea stoebe'', the spotted knapweed or panicled knapweed, is a species of ''Centaurea'' native to eastern Europe, although it has spread to North America, where it is considered an invasive species. It forms a tumbleweed, helping to increa ...

'', spotted knapweed * '' Corispermum hyssopifolium'' * ''

Dysphania atriplicifolia ''Dysphania atriplicifolia'' (synonym ''Cycloloma atriplicifolium'') is species of flowering plant known by the common names winged pigweed, tumble ringwing, plains tumbleweed, and tumble-weed. page 16 This plant is native to central North Amer ...

'', tumble-weed * ''

Ficinia spiralis ''Ficinia spiralis'' (pīngao, pīkao, or golden sand sedge) is a coastal Cyperaceae, sedge endemic (ecology), endemic to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands). Originally widespread, it has suffered severely from competition with introdu ...

'', a New Zealand sedge * ''

Panicum capillare ''Panicum capillare'', known by the common name witchgrass, is a species of grass. It is a 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 Eur ...

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Psoralea ''Psoralea'' is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) with 111 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs native to southern and eastern Africa, ranging from Kenya to South Africa. In South Africa they are commonly referred to as fountainbush (English ...

'', white tumbleweeds * ''

Salsola ''Salsola'' is a genus of the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae. The genus ''sensu stricto'' is distributed in Australia, central and southwestern Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. Common names of various members of this ...

'' (synonym ''Kali''), tumbleweed (some species) ** ''

Salsola tragus ''Salsola tragus'', often known by its synonym is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is known by various Common name, common names such as prickly Russian thistle, windwitch, or common saltwort. It is widely known simp ...

'', the usual tumbleweed appearing in Western movies * ''

Selaginella lepidophylla ''Selaginella lepidophylla'' (syn. ''Lycopodium lepidophyllum''), also known as a resurrection plant, is a species of desert plant in the spikemoss family (Selaginellaceae). It is native to the Chihuahuan Desert of the United States and Mexico. ...

'', a tumbleweed spikemoss, also known as rose of Jericho * ''

Sisymbrium altissimum ''Sisymbrium altissimum'' is a species of ''Sisymbrium''. The plant is native to the western part of the Mediterranean Basin and is widely naturalized throughout most of the world, including all of North America. After maturity it forms a tumble ...

'', tumbleweed mustard

Other uses

* ''Tumbleweeds'' (comic strip), by Tom K. Ryan *

Tumbleweed (operating system) openSUSE () is a free and open-source Linux distribution developed by the openSUSE project. It is offered in two main variations: ''Tumbleweed'', an upstream rolling release distribution, and ''Leap'', a stable release distribution which is so ...

, a rolling release version of openSUSE Linux * The ''tumbleweed gambit'', a variation in the

King's Gambit The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. f4 White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the gambit, White may play d4 and Bxf4, regaining the gambit pawn with domination, or direc ...

chess opening

Films

Music

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Plants

Other uses

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