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Spring Madia
( Madia elegans )
Madia elegans
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About Spring Madia (Madia elegans)
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The cheerful yellow and red flowers of the Spring Madia brighten up the landscape and attract bees and butterflies to the garden. Birds enjoy the seeds after blooming. Spring Madia is an annual wildflower in the sunflower family. This plant is also known as tarweed because of its scent, which is pleasant and reminiscent of pineapple.
The flowers bloom from summer to fall. They look their best in the morning and curl up in the afternoon. Spring Madia does well in open, sunny places. It is an easy-to-grow, low-moisture plant that adapts to different soil types.
Showy Tarweed Seeds (Madia elegans)Default Title. (n.d.). Northwest Meadowscapes. Retrieved October 18, 2023, from https://northwestmeadowscapes.com/products/showy-madia-seeds-madia-elegans?variant=30337408958554
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Size
4 - 6 ft tall
1 - 2 ft wide
Growth Rate
Fast
Fragrance
Fragrant - Pleasant
Flower Color
Yellow, Red
Flowering Season
Summer, Fall
Wildlife Supported
The flowers are attractive to numerous insects including bees and butterflies.
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 3
likely
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Spotted Straw Sun Moth
Heliothis phloxiphaga
Heliothis phloxiphaga
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Small Heliothodes Moth
Heliothodes diminutivus
Heliothodes diminutivus
*
Epiblema deverrae
Epiblema deverrae
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Low
Summer Irrigation
Max 1x / month once established
Nurseries
Carried by 10
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to -10° F
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium, Slow
Soil Description
Adaptable. Soil PH: 5.5 - 7.8
Common uses
Bee Gardens
Companion Plants
Compatible with virtually any native trees, shrubs, and herbs
Sunset Zones
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5, 6, 7*, 8*, 9*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Natural Setting
Site Type
Meadows, openings in woodlands or chaparral, other open, grassy places
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 6.7" - 133.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 3.85", Coldest Month: 19.9" - 54.1", Hottest Month: 43.8" - 79.3", Humidity: 0.09" - 27.93", Elevation: 15" - 12014"
Alternative Names
Botanical Names
: Madia elegans ssp. vernalis,Madia elegans ssp. elegans,Madia elegans ssp. wheeleri,Madia elegans ssp. densifolia
Common Names
: Spring Common Madia, Tarweed
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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