Russian Thistle

  • Kali tragus is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. 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. 

  • For a brief phase during its youth, it may be grazed but afterwards becomes too spiny and woody to be edible to most wildlife and livestock.