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Madia sativa Molina
coast tarweed
Symbol: MASA
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Plant Synonyms:
MASA Madia sativa Molina
 

MACA10

Madia capitata Nutt.
 

MASAC2

Madia sativa Molina ssp. capitata (Nutt.) Piper
 

MASAC3

Madia sativa Molina var. congesta Torr. & Gray
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State Distributional Map for MASA
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Plant Distribution by State

Madia sativa Molina

MASA

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Related Taxa:
Madia sativa Molina

View 440 genera in Asteraceae, 19 species in Madia

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Classification:
Madia sativa Molina

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

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Noxious Weed Information:
Madia sativa Molina
This plant is listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.
Colorado:
        coast tarweed     Noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Madia sativa Molina
        coast tarweed
        tarweed
        Chilean tarweed
This plant is considered invasive by 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 invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 45 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.. 630pp.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Madia sativa Molina
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View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38040.
View species account from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).

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