PLANTS Profile for Madia elegans (common madia)

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PLANTS Profile

Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl.
common madia

Symbol:

MAEL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl.

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Distribution:
Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl.


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Related Taxa:
Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 11 species in Madia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Madia elegans ssp. densifolia
showy tarweed

Madia elegans ssp. elegans
common madia

Madia elegans ssp. vernalis
spring madia

Madia elegans ssp. wheeleri
Wheeler's tarweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Madia Molina – tarweed
Species	Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl. – common madia

More Accounts and Images:
Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38023.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 09/16/2008 08:34 AM MDT