§1 Plant
Madia sativa Molina
vernacular coast tarweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Madia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 45 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 45 counties across 9 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MASA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3140910 ↗Record version
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