grassy tarweed

Madia gracilis

Member of tarweeds (genus Madia)
tarweeds and allies (tribe Madieae)
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

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• stem 6–100 cm, proximally soft- to coarse-hairy, distally glandular-hairy
• leaf 1–10 cm, 1–8 mm wide, oblong to linear
• heads in ± open, panicle- or raceme-like clusters
• involucre 5–10 mm, finely or coarsely glandular-hairy
• phyllary tips erect or ± reflexed, flat
• 2–16+ disk flowers, anthers ± dark purple
• 3–10 ray flowers, 1.5–8 mm, lemon-yellow or green-yellow
• very common
• see also the similar common hareleaf (Lagophylla ramosissima).

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Chris’s observations: 10 (4 are research grade)

Locations:

• Henry Coe SP: 3
• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve: 2
• Calero CP
• Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills
• Monte Bello OSP
• Sanborn CP
• Santa Teresa CP

Months:

• Apr.: 3
• May: 5
• Jun.: 2

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora