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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 .
It is widely known simply as tumbleweed because, in many regions of the United States, it is the most common and most conspicuous plant species that produces tumbleweeds. Informally, it may be known as "' Kali or Salsola ": the latter being its restored genus , containing 54 other species, into which the obsolete genus Kali has been subsumed.
Amaranthus albus is an annual herb growing up to 50 centimetres (20 in) tall, forming many branches. Larger specimens turn into tumbleweeds when they die and dry out. The plant creates small, greenish flowers in clumps in the axils of the leaves.
Around 15% of Australia's flora is made up of ... Pterygoplichthys pardalis (leopard pleco) - North Carolina; Rhinogobius ... Kali tragus – a tumbleweed from ...
Dogwood is the state flower of North Carolina. This list includes plant species found in the state of North Carolina. Varieties and subspecies link to their parent species. Introduced species are designated (I).
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 tumbleweed . Common names of the plant include Jim Hill mustard , tall tumblemustard , [ 1 ] tall mustard , tumble mustard , [ 2 ] tumbleweed mustard , tall ...
The North Carolina Experience: An Interpretive and Documentary History 1984, essays by historians and selected related primary sources. Cheney, Jr., ed., John L. North Carolina Government, 1585–1979: A Narrative and Statistical History (Raleigh: Department of the Secretary of State, 1981)
A North Carolina flag flies above South Building on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.