''Harmonia'' is a genus of plants in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. All 5 known species are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Coast Ranges The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico. Although the ...

of northern and central

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. All but '' H. nutans'' grow on serpentine soils. ''Harmonia'' is related to ''

Madia ''Madia'' is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic herbs with yellow flowers, in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.

'', and both genera are commonly known as tarweeds. ''Harmonia'' is an annual shrub very often with

bristles A bristle is a stiff hair or feather (natural or artificial), either on an animal, such as a pig, a plant, or on a tool such as a brush or broom. Synthetic types Synthetic materials such as nylon are also used to make bristles in items such as br ...

and sometimes with

glandular hair Trichomes (); ) are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists. They are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae. A covering of any kind of hair on a plant ...

s as well. Hears have a single series of

phyllaries In botanical terminology, a phyllary, also known an involucral bract or tegule, is a single bract of the involucre of a composite flower. The involucre is the grouping of bracts together. Phyllaries are reduced leaf-like structures that form one or ...

, subtending 3-8 fertile

ray flower The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

s plus 7-30 fertile yellow

disc flower The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae we ...

s. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref>Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
/ref> * '' Harmonia doris-nilesiae'' (T.W.Nelson & J.P.Nelson) B.G.Baldwin Klamath Mts. * '' Harmonia guggolziorum'' B.G.Baldwin - Mendocino Co, California * '' Harmonia hallii'' (D.D.Keck) B.G.Baldwin Coast Ranges of north-central California * '' Harmonia nutans'' (Greene) B.G.Baldwin Coast Ranges near

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* ''

Harmonia stebbinsii ''Harmonia stebbinsii'' (Synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Madia stebbinsii'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Stebbins' tarweed, or Stebbins' madia. It is Endemism, endemic to northern California, where ...

'' (T.W.Nelson & J.P.Nelson) B.G.Baldwin Klamath Mts.

References

Asteraceae genera Endemic flora of California Madieae Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Asteroideae-stub