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genus Madia

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

There are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.


See also woodland madia (Anisocarpus madioides).

relatively large diameter flower head

common madia
Madia elegans
showy golden madia
Madia radiata

relatively small diameter flower head

lemon scented madia
Madia citriodora

grassy tarweed
Madia gracilis
coast tarweed
Madia sativa

Not to be confused with coastal tarweed (Deinandra corymbosa).

plump seeded madia
Madia anomala

small tarweed
Madia exigua

See also the very similar opposite-leaved tarweed (Hemizonella minima) (with comparison notes).


4 observed taxons / 3 unobserved taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 50 (37 are research grade)

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Taxon info: iNaturalistCalfloraJepson eFloraFNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalistCalflora