winged pigweed
Cycloloma atriplicifolium
Summary 5
Cycloloma is a monotypic genus which contains the sole species Cycloloma atriplicifolium, which is 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. This is a bushy annual herb forming a rounded pale...
Sources and Credits
- (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/photox/wng_pig3.jpg
- (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/photox/wng_pig2.jpg
- (c) 2006 Dean Wm. Taylor, Ph.D., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=199205&one=T
- Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute., no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Cycloloma_atriplicifolium_NRCS-2.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloloma_atriplicifolium
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iNat Map
| Color | green |
|---|---|
| Group | Flowering Plants |
| 1. kingdom | Plants |
| Park | Chatfield |
