''Madia'' is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic

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s with yellow flowers, in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.Molina, Giovanni Ignazio. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili 136–137, 354
text in Italian, footnotes in French and Latin They are sometimes known as tarweeds. The species in this genus are native to western

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and southwestern South America. The name ''Madia'' is derived from native Chilean name ("Madi") for one of the members of the genus (''

Madia sativa ''Madia sativa'', known by the common names coast tarweed and Chilean tarweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae found in parts of western North and South America. Distribution ''Madia sativa'' is native to the Americas, w ...

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Madia anomala ''Madia anomala'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name plumpseeded madia. It is endemic to northern California, where it can be found on hillsides in the San Francisco Bay Area and adjacent mountains a ...

'' Greene - plumpseeded madia - northern CA * ''

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

'' (Nutt.) Reiche - central Chile * ''

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

'' D.D.Keck - Shasta tarweed - northern CA * ''

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

'' Greene - lemon-scented madia - northern CA, NV, OR, WA, ID * ''

Madia elegans ''Madia elegans'' is an annual herbaceous plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is generally known as the common madia, but there are several subspecies known by various common names. Description ''Madia elegans'' is covered with short, sti ...

'' D.Don ex Lindl. - common madia - northern CA, NV, OR, WA * ''

Madia exigua ''Madia exigua'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names small tarweed and threadstem madia. Range ''Madia exigua'' is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California, where it ...

'' (Sm.) A.Gray - small tarweed - CA OR WA NV ID MT BC, Baja California * ''

Madia glomerata ''Madia glomerata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name mountain tarweed. Description ''Madia glomerata'' grows in a wide variety of habitat types, including disturbed areas such as roadsides. It is ...

'' Hook. - mountain tarweed - mountains of western United States; scattered locales in Canada and in north-central + northeastern United States * ''

Madia gracilis ''Madia gracilis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names grassy tarweed, slender tarweed, and gumweed madia. Description ''Madia gracilis'' is vstem is branching, and hairy and glandular in texture. T ...

'' (Sm. ex Sm.) D.D.Keck - grassy tarweed - CA OR WA NV ID UT MT BC * ''

Madia radiata ''Madia radiata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names golden madia and showy madia. It is endemic to California, where it is known mostly from the Central Coast Ranges and adjacent edges of the San ...

'' Kellogg - golden madia - CA * ''

'' Molina - coast tarweed - CA OR WA NV ID BC; scattered populations in eastern Canada + northeastern United States; southern Argentina, southern Chile * ''

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

'' D.D.Keck - slender tarweed - CA ; formerly included see ''

Anisocarpus ''Anisocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. ; Species * ''Anisocarpus madioides'' Nutt. - California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia. * ''Anisocarpus scabridus'' (Eastw.) B.G.Baldwin - ...

Harmonia

Jensia ''Jensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, endemic to California. ; Species * ''Jensia rammii'' (Greene) B.G.Baldwin - Sierra Nevada foothills ( Butte Co to Calaveras Co with report of isolated population in Tulare Co) ...

Kyhosia'' * ''Madia bolanderi'' - ''

Kyhosia bolanderi ''Kyhosia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single species ''Kyhosia bolanderi'', which is known by the common names Bolander's madia and kyhosia. This plant was included in genus '' Madia'' until ...

'' * ''Madia doris-nilesiae'' - ''

Harmonia doris-nilesiae ''Harmonia doris-nilesiae'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names serpentine tarweed and Niles' madia. This plant was first described in science in 1985, when it was named ''Madia doris-nilesiae'' aft ...

'' * ''Madia hallii'' - ''

Harmonia hallii ''Harmonia hallii'' (formerly ''Madia hallii'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Hall's harmonia and Hall's madia. Description ''Harmonia hallii'' is an annual herb growing up to about 18 centime ...

'' * ''Madia madioides'' - '' Anisocarpus madioides'' * ''Madia minima'' - '' Hemizonella minima'' * ''Madia nutans'' - ''

Harmonia nutans ''Harmonia nutans'' (syn. ''Madia nutans'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name nodding madia. Description ''Harmonia nutans'' is an annual herb producing a bristly, glandular stem up to about 25 cen ...

'' * ''Madia stebbinsii'' - '' Harmonia stebbinsii'' * ''Madia yosemitana'' - ''

Jensia yosemitana ''Jensia yosemitana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Yosemite tarweed. It is endemic to California, where it has a scattered distribution across the Sierra Nevada and its foothills. Some of the ...

References

External links

USDA Plants Profile for ''Madia'' (tarweed)

— ''Gerald Carr's site at the University of Hawaii''. *
Jepson Manual treatment: ''Madia''

''Madia'' — U.C. Photos Gallery
* Asteraceae genera {{Madieae-stub