[Tarplants and Tarweeds: The Genera Hemizonella and Madia West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Autumn Showy Tarweed, Common Madia, Showy Tarweed

Madia elegans

Synonyms: Madia elegans ssp. densiflora, Madia elegans ssp. elegans, Madia elegans ssp. vernalis, Madia elegans var. densifolia, Madia elegans var. elegans

Autumn Showy Tarweed, Common Madia, Showy Tarweed: Madia elegans (Synonyms: Madia elegans ssp. densiflora, Madia elegans ssp. elegans, Madia elegans ssp. vernalis, Madia elegans var. densifolia, Madia elegans var. elegans)

The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of autumn showy tarweed as seen along forest road #5840 in the southern Willamette National Forest........July 13, 2008.

Autumn Showy Tarweed, Common Madia, Showy Tarweed: Madia elegans (Synonyms: Madia elegans ssp. densiflora, Madia elegans ssp. elegans, Madia elegans ssp. vernalis, Madia elegans var. densifolia, Madia elegans var. elegans)

The photo above shows a close-up sideview of the inflorescence of autumn showy tarweed as seen along forest road #5840 in the southern Willamette National Forest.........July 13, 2008. Note the spreading hairs on the involucral bracts, some of which bear dark glands at their tips.

Autumn Showy Tarweed, Common Madia, Showy Tarweed: Madia elegans (Synonyms: Madia elegans ssp. densiflora, Madia elegans ssp. elegans, Madia elegans ssp. vernalis, Madia elegans var. densifolia, Madia elegans var. elegans) - Stem leaves of Autumn Showy Tarweed, Common Madia, Showy Tarweed: Madia elegans (Synonyms: Madia elegans ssp. densiflora, Madia elegans ssp. elegans, Madia elegans ssp. vernalis, Madia elegans var. densifolia, Madia elegans var. elegans) - Autumn Showy Tarweed, Common Madia, Showy Tarweed: Madia elegans (Synonyms: Madia elegans ssp. densiflora, Madia elegans ssp. elegans, Madia elegans ssp. vernalis, Madia elegans var. densifolia, Madia elegans var. elegans)

Autumn showy tarweed as seen between Nickel and Table Mountains on the ridgetop to the north of Cow Creek, about a dozen miles west of Riddle, OR.......June 10, 2017.

Autumn Showy Tarweed, Common Madia, Showy Tarweed: Madia elegans (Synonyms: Madia elegans ssp. densiflora, Madia elegans ssp. elegans, Madia elegans ssp. vernalis, Madia elegans var. densifolia, Madia elegans var. elegans) - Basal and lower stem leaves of Autumn Showy Tarweed, Common Madia, Showy Tarweed: Madia elegans (Synonyms: Madia elegans ssp. densiflora, Madia elegans ssp. elegans, Madia elegans ssp. vernalis, Madia elegans var. densifolia, Madia elegans var. elegans) - Involucral bracts of Autumn Showy Tarweed, Common Madia, Showy Tarweed: Madia elegans (Synonyms: Madia elegans ssp. densiflora, Madia elegans ssp. elegans, Madia elegans ssp. vernalis, Madia elegans var. densifolia, Madia elegans var. elegans)

Autumn showy tarweed along Coyote Creek Road east of the historic community of Golden, OR, Josephine County, OR........June 11, 2017.

Paul Slichter