Asteraceae

Common madia

Madia elegans D.Don ex Lindl.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Madia

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Common madia

Synonyms

Madaria densifolia Greene
Madaria elegans (D.Don) DC.
Madia corymbosa Greene
Madia elegans subsp. densifolia D.D.Keck
Madia elegans subsp. elegans
Madia elegans var. elegans

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dawn Endico from Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: chuck b., CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: chuck b., CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.