Tarweed or tarplant is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
*Various plants in the
tribe
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Madieae
Madieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is sometimes considered a subtribe of Heliantheae. Notable species include the tarweeds of the Western United States as well as the silverswords of Hawaii.
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of 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 ...
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Anisocarpus madioides
''Anisocarpus madioides'' ( syn. ''Madia madioides'') is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name woodland madia.
Description
''Anisocarpus madioides'' is a perennial herb growing up to about ...
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Blepharizonia
''Blepharizonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Centromadia''
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Deinandra
''Deinandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. Such a genus is not recognized as distinct by all authorities; its species are often treated as members of the genus '' Hemizonia''.
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Harmonia
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Hemizonella
''Hemizonella '' is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.
The only known species is ''Hemizonella minima'' (opposite-leaved tarweed), native to British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Monta ...
Holocarpha
''Holocarpha'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus contains four species of tarweeds, which are all endemic to California.
Description
''Holocarpha'' are glandular, aromatic annual herbs bearing yellow flowe ...
Cuphea viscosissima
''Cuphea viscosissima'', also known as blue waxweed, clammy cuphea or (ambiguously) as " tarweed", is an herbaceous plant in the loosestrife family. It native to the eastern United States, where it is most often found in open, rocky calcareous ...