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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24-40 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Yellow with very dark red in the center
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: July-September
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Prolific reseeder
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Common Madia
  • Showy Tarweed
  • Elegant Madia
  • Showy Tarplant
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Madia elegans
  • Synonym: Madia elegans subsp. densifolia
  • Synonym: Madia elegans subsp. vernalis
  • Synonym: Madia elegans var. densiflora

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Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2020-05-19
Flower color seems to vary on these. Of the three plants I have,
Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2020-05-01
Cheery yellow flowers open early each morning & are already close

Date: 2009-07-25
Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2020-06-13
Cheery yellow flowers open early each morning & are already close
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-24

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Bureau of Land Management photo.
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-24

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2012-07-16

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
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Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2010-06-02
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Comments:
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 23, 2020 12:47 PM concerning plant:
    Habitat: dry, open, usually grassy places, often along roadsides. Range: southwestern Washington to Baja California.

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