lemon scented madia

(lemon scented tarweed)
Madia citriodora

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

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• stem 10–70 cm, proximally hairy, distally gladular-hairy, glands purple
• leaf 2–9 cm, 1–10 mm wide, linear
• heads in open, flat-topped clusters
• involucre 6–8 mm, glandular-hairy, often sparsely so
• phyllary tips generally ± erect, flat
• 8–50+ disk flower, anthers ± dark purple
• 5–12 ray flowers, 4–11 mm, green-yellow
• out of its normal range at Henry Coe

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Chris’s observations: none

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora