It is one of the terms used for tumbleweeds. They are of several different species. Also do you want to be called Russian thistle? , plant or rolling shrub? o tumbleweed, also barrel, abarrilla, capitana, salicornio, steppecker, rodapaja, straw ball or pebble. They are plants that, when dried, form balls and roll with the wind dispersing their seeds. It means that it spreads vegetation over a steppe or flat sandy terrain.
