Centromadia pungens ssp. septentrionalis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Centromadia pungens (Hook. & Arn.) Greene ssp. septentrionalis (D. D. Keck) B. G. Baldwin

(not an active name)

Common tarweed

2009 Eric Wrubel

Centromadia pungens ssp. septentrionalis is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Centromadia pungens ssp. pungens


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Parent:	Centromadia pungens
Genus:	Centromadia
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands:
Arid West: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs in non wetlands

Communities: wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Hemizonia pungens ssp. septentrionalis
PLANTS	Hemizonia pungens var. septentrionalis
JEF	Centromadia pungens ssp. pungens

Information about Centromadia pungens ssp. septentrionalis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (CEPUS2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	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
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/22/2024).