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