Plants Profile for Madia sativa (coast tarweed)

General Information
Symbol:	MASA
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Asteraceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN I HI I L48 N
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Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
MACA10	Madia capitata Nutt.
MASAC2	Madia sativa Molina ssp. capitata (Nutt.) Piper
MASAC3	Madia sativa Molina var. congesta Torr. & A. Gray

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae – Aster family
Genus	Madia Molina – tarweed
Species	Madia sativa Molina – coast tarweed

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Madia sativa Chilean tarweed coast tarweed tarweed This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Related Links

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ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (MASA)
CalPhotos (MASA)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (MACA10)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (MASA)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (MASAC2)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (MASAC3)
Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley) (MASA)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (MASA)
Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn) (MASA)
University of Washington Burke Museum (MASA)
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium (MASA)

Wildlife

Food

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Cover

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Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover