Madia
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- For the furniture piece, see Madia (furniture)Madia (furniture)Madia was a piece of furniture used during the High Renaissance period. It stored food and dishes. The madia was a service piece, meaning it was not made for looks, it was made to hold objects and used for a purpose. It would usually be found in the kitchen, not in an open area.In Italy, the Madia...
- For a people of GadchiroliGadchiroliGadchiroli is a town and a municipal council in Gadchiroli district in the state of Maharashtra, central India. It is the administrative headquarters of the district.It is very lush in Monsoon season but also prone to flooding....
districtDistrictDistricts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...
of MaharashtraMaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
see Madia GondMadia GondMadia Gonds or Madia or Maria are one of the endogamous Gond tribes living in Chandrapur District and Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra State, and Bastar division of Chhattisgad State India. They have been granted the status of a Primitive Tribe by the Government of Maharashtra under its...
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Madia is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of annual or perennial usually aromatic herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...
s, which have yellow flowers, in the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
(sunflower family). They are sometimes known as tarweeds. The 11 species in this genus are native to western North America
North America
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and southwestern South America
South America
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. The name Madia is derived from a Chilean name ("Madi") for one of the members of the genus.
Species
- Madia anomalaMadia anomalaMadia anomala is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name plumpseeded madia. It is endemic to northern California, where it can be found on hillsides in the San Francisco Bay Area and adjacent mountains and valleys. It is an annual herb growing 20 to 50 centimeters...
Greene - plumpseeded madia - Madia chilensis (Nutt.) Reiche
- Madia citrigracilis D.D.Keck - Shasta tarweed
- Madia citriodora Greene - lemon-scented madia
- Madia elegansMadia elegansMadia elegans is a species of flower in the daisy family. It is generally known as the common madia, but there are several subspecies known by various common names.-Range:...
D.Don ex Lindl. - common madia - Madia exiguaMadia exiguaMadia exigua is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names small tarweed and threadstem madia.-Range:...
(Sm.) A.Gray - small tarweed - Madia glomerataMadia glomerataMadia glomerata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name mountain tarweed.-Range:Madia glomerata is the most widely distributed Madia, its native range covering much of western and northern North America from Alaska to the Southwestern United States, most of...
Hook. - mountain tarweed - Madia gracilisMadia gracilisMadia gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names grassy tarweed and slender tarweed.-Range:...
(Sm. ex Sm.) D.D.Keck - grassy tarweed - Madia radiataMadia radiataMadia radiata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names golden madia and showy madia. It is endemic to California, where it is known mostly from the Central Coast Ranges and adjacent edges of the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley.-Description:Madia...
Kellogg - golden madia - Madia sativaMadia sativaMadia sativa is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names coast tarweed and Chilean tarweed.-Range:...
Molina - coast tarweed - Madia subspicata D.D.Keck - slender tarweed
Synonims
- Madia bolanderi = Kyhosia bolanderi
- Madia doris-nilesiae = Harmonia doris-nilesiaeHarmonia doris-nilesiaeHarmonia doris-nilesiae is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names serpentine tarweed and Niles' madia....
- Madia hallii = Harmonia halliiHarmonia halliiHarmonia hallii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Hall's harmonia and Hall's madia.-Description:...
- Madia madioides = Anisocarpus madioidesAnisocarpus madioidesAnisocarpus madioides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name woodland madia.-Range:...
- Madia minima = Hemizonella minimaHemizonella minimaHemizonella minima is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name opposite-leaved tarweed....
- Madia nutans = Harmonia nutansHarmonia nutansHarmonia nutans is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name nodding madia.-Description:...
- Madia stebbinsii = Harmonia stebbinsiiHarmonia stebbinsiiHarmonia stebbinsii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Stebbins' tarweed, or Stebbins' madia. It is endemic to northern California, where it is limited to the Klamath Mountains and adjacent slopes of the North Coast Ranges. It is a member of the serpentine...
- Madia yosemitana = Jensia yosemitanaJensia yosemitanaJensia yosemitana is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Yosemite tarweed. It is endemic to California, where it has a scattered distribution across the Sierra Nevada and its foothills. It is an annual herb with a slender stem up to 25 centimeters tall...