Madia sativa Calflora

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Taxon Report

Madia sativa Molina

Chile tarweed, Coast tarweed, Coastal tarweed

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


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1115 records in California Plant Characteristics

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

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Madia capitata
PLANTS	Madia sativa ssp. capitata
PLANTS	Madia sativa var. congesta

Information about Madia sativa from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (MASA) 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
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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]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/30/2025).