Madia elegans Calflora

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Taxon Report

Madia elegans D. Don

Common madia

Madia elegans is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~2505 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Madia
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Madia elegans ssp. densifolia
JEF	Madia elegans ssp. vernalis
JEF	Madia elegans ssp. wheeleri

Information about Madia elegans from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (MAEL) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Etymology: The foliage of species in the genus has sticky hairs, hence the common name tarweed. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/30/2025).