Asteraceae
Opposite-leaved tarweed
Hemizonella minima
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Hemizonella
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Opposite-leaved tarweed
Synonyms
- Harpaecarpus minimus Greene
- Harpaecarpus parvulus Greene
- Hemizonella minima var. minima
- Hemizonia durandii A.Gray
- Hemizonia minima A.Gray
- Hemizonia parvula A.Gray
- Hemizonia parvula var. parvula
- Madia minima (A.Gray) D.D.Keck
- Melampodium durandi M.E.Jones
- Melampodium minimum (A.Gray) M.E.Jones
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.