Asteraceae
Common madia
Madia elegans
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Madia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Common madia
Synonyms
- Hemizonia wheeleri A.Gray
- Madaria corymbosa DC.
- Madaria corymbosa var. corymbosa
- Madaria corymbosa var. hispida DC.
- Madaria elegans var. elegans
- Madaria racemosa Nutt.
- Madia densifolia Greene
- Madia elegans subsp. typica D.D.Keck
- Madia elegans subsp. vernalis D.D.Keck
- Madia elegans subsp. wheeleri (A.Gray) D.D.Keck
- Madia elegans var. densifolia (Greene) Jeps.
- Madia elegans var. hispida (DC.) H.M.Hall
- Madia polycarpha Greene
- Madia tenella Greene
- Madia villosa Eastw.
- Madia wheeleri (A.Gray) D.D.Keck
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 
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: 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.