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Dysphania atriplicifolia
Also called Tumbling Ringwing, Plains Tumbleweed, Tumble Ringwing, Tumbleweed, Winged Pigweeds
Winged pigweed is a bushy annual herb of the North American plains that forms a rounded clump and turns into a tumbleweed in autumn. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden subject, so it is grown mainly for interest or restoration.
Dysphania atriplicifolia (synonym Cycloloma atriplicifolium) is species of flowering plant known by the common names winged pigweed, tumble ringwing, plains tumbleweed, and tumble-weed.
This plant is native to central North America, but it is spreading and has been occasionally reported in far-flung areas from California to Maine to the Canadian prairie. It is considered an introduced species outside of central North America.
The seeds are eaten as a food staple by Native American peoples including the Zuni and Hopi. The Zuni people mix the seeds with ground corn to make a mush. The Zuni also grind the seeds, mix them with corn meal and make them into steamed cakes. The Zuni also chew the blossoms and rub them all over the hands for protection.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dysphania atriplicifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
