Asteraceae
Mountain tarweed
Madia glomerata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Madia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mountain tarweed
Synonyms
- Amida gracilis Nutt.
- Amida hirsuta Nutt.
- Madia glomerata var. glomerata
- Madia glomerata var. ramosa (Piper) Jeps.
- Madia ramosa Piper
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Madia
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- Common madiaMadia elegansAsteraceae
- Small tarweedMadia exiguaAsteraceae
- Grassy tarweedMadia gracilisAsteraceae
- Madia chilensisAsteraceae
- Golden madiaMadia radiataAsteraceae
- Plumpseeded madiaMadia anomalaAsteraceae
- Shasta tarweedMadia citrigracilisAsteraceae
- Lemonscented madiaMadia citriodoraAsteraceae
- Slender tarweedMadia subspicataAsteraceae
- Common madiaMadia elegansAsteraceae
- Small tarweedMadia exiguaAsteraceae
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.