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 tumble ...

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). Australian musicologist Ian McFa ...

, 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 fi ...

, also known as "Cole Wilson and His Tumbleweeds", a New Zealand band * The Tumbleweeds, a Dutch band featuring

Ton Masseurs Ton Masseurs (born 7 December 1947, in Kaatsheuvel, the Netherlands) is a Dutch guitarist noted as one of the first pedal steel guitar players in Europe. He was the lead guitar/steel guitar player, and a founding member, of the Dutch Country and W ...

* "Tumbleweed" (song), by Sylvia, 1980 * "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. Tumbleweed Communications merged with Axway in 2008. Tumbleweed products were used to block security threats, ...

, a former Internet security corporation, acquired by Axway in 2008 * Tumbleweed Tiny House Company

Plants

* '' Amaranthus albus'' * ''

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 buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is a perennial that grows tall, flowering from May until July, the flowers are white or greenish-white. After flowering the f ...

'', tumble-weed * ''

Anastatica ''Anastatica'' is a monotypic genus of plants in the family ''Brassicaceae'' containing the single species ''Anastatica hierochuntica''. The plant is a small gray annual herb that rarely grows above high, and bears minute white flowers. It is a ...

'', 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 incre ...

'', spotted knapweed * '' Cycloloma'', tumble-weed * ''

Corispermum ''Corispermum'' is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. 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 inflorescence ...

hyssopifolium'' * ''

Ficinia spiralis ''Ficinia spiralis'' (pīngao, pīkao, or golden sand sedge) is a coastal sedge endemic to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands). Originally widespread, it has suffered severely from competition with introduced marram grass and animal graz ...

'', a New Zealand sedge * ''Kali'' (plant), (Synonym ''Salsola'') tumbleweed (some species) :* ''

Kali tragus is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is known by various common names such as prickly Russian thistle, windwitch, or common saltwort. It is widely known simply as tumbleweed because in many regions of the United State ...

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

Psoralea ''Psoralea'' is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) with over 60 closely related species native to southern Africa. In South Africa they are commonly referred to as fountainbush (English); fonteinbos, bloukeur, or penwortel (Afrikaans); and u ...

'', white tumbleweeds * '' Selaginella lepidophylla'', 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 tumb ...

'', tumbleweed mustard

Other uses

* ''Tumbleweeds'' (comic strip), by Tom K. Ryan * Tumbleweed (operating system), 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 has two main plans. The first is to play d4 and Bxf4, regaining the gambit p ...

chess opening

Films

Music

Organizations

Plants

Other uses

See also