Dysphania atriplicifolia (synonym Cycloloma atriplicifolium) is species of flowering plant known by the common names winged pigweed, tumble ringwing, plains tumbleweed,[2] and tumble-weed.
[3] 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.
This is a bushy annual herb forming a rounded pale green clump which may exceed 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) in height.
The spreading stems bear widely spaced flowers are small immature fruits fringed with a nearly transparent membranous wing.
The seeds are eaten as a food staple by Native American peoples including the Zuni and Hopi.