Madia
| tarweeds | |
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| Madia elegans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Madieae |
| Genus: | Madia Molina 1782 |
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Madia is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic herbs with yellow flowers, in the tarweed tribe within the sunflower family.[2]
They are sometimes known as tarweeds. The species in this genus are native to western North America and southwestern South America. The name Madia is derived from native Chilean name ("Madi") for one of the members of the genus (Madia sativa).[2][3]
- Madia anomala Greene - plumpseeded madia - northern CA
- (Nutt.) Reiche - central Chile
- D.D.Keck - Shasta tarweed - northern CA
- Greene - lemon-scented madia - northern CA, NV, OR, WA, ID
- Madia elegans D.Don ex Lindl. - common madia - northern CA, NV, OR, WA
- Madia exigua (Sm.) A.Gray - small tarweed - CA OR WA NV ID MT BC, Baja California
- Madia glomerata Hook. - mountain tarweed - mountains of western United States; scattered locales in Canada and in north-central + northeastern United States
- Madia gracilis (Sm. ex Sm.) D.D.Keck - grassy tarweed - CA OR WA NV ID UT MT BC
- Madia radiata Kellogg - golden madia - CA
- Madia sativa Molina - coast tarweed - CA OR WA NV ID BC; scattered populations in eastern Canada + northeastern United States; southern Argentina, southern Chile
- D.D.Keck - slender tarweed - CA
- formerly included[1]
see Anisocarpus Harmonia Jensia Kyhosia
- Madia bolanderi - Kyhosia bolanderi
- Madia doris-nilesiae - Harmonia doris-nilesiae
- Madia hallii - Harmonia hallii
- Madia madioides - Anisocarpus madioides
- Madia minima - Hemizonella minima
- Madia nutans - Harmonia nutans
- Madia stebbinsii - Harmonia stebbinsii
- Madia yosemitana - Jensia yosemitana
References[]
- ^ a b c "Madia". Global Compositae Checklist. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ^ a b Molina, Giovanni Ignazio. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili 136–137, 354 text in Italian, footnotes in French and Latin
- ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 303, Madia Molina, Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili. 136, 354. 1782.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Madia. |
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Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article "Madia". |
- USDA Plants Profile for Madia (tarweed)
- U.H.Botany: Asteraceae; Heliantheae-Madiinae; Madia — Gerald Carr's site at the University of Hawaii.
- "Madia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Jepson Manual treatment: Madia
- Madia — U.C. Photos Gallery
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