Madia anomala
Madia subspicata
plumpseed madia, tarweed
slender tarweed
hirsute, distally glandular-pubescent, glands yellowish, purple, or black, lateral branches rarely surpassing main stems.
proximally ± villous, distally glandular-pubescent, glands yellowish, lateral branches not surpassing main stems.
blades linear, 2–10 cm × 2–7 mm.
blades linear to lance-linear, 2–7 cm × 1–5 mm.
globose or depressed-globose, 6–10 mm.
globose or ovoid, 6–8 mm.
3–8;
corollas greenish yellow, laminae 3–4.5 mm.
5–8;
corollas pale yellow, laminae 1–2.5 mm.
3–8, bisexual, fertile;
corollas 3.5–4 mm, pubescent;
anthers ± dark purple.
5–15, bisexual, fertile;
corollas 3–3.5 mm, pubescent;
anthers yellow to brownish.
hirsute and glandular-pubescent, glands yellowish, purple, or black, apices erect or ± reflexed, flat.
± hirsute and thick-stalked-glandular as well, glands golden yellow, apices ± erect, sulcate or flat.
in open, racemiform or paniculiform arrays.
in spiciform or spiciform-racemiform arrays (peduncles 0 or lengths usually less than 2 times heads).
similar.
similar.
black or purple, glossy, ± terete, beakless.
black or brown, sometimes purple-mottled, dull, compressed, ± clavate, beakless.
mostly persistent, connate 1/4–1/2+ their lengths.
mostly persistent, distinct or connate less than 1/2 their lengths.
= 32.
= 16.
Madia anomala
Madia subspicata
Madia anomala occurs locally in the North Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay area, and Sutter Buttes (southern Sacramento Valley), sometimes with the morphologically similar M. gracilis.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Madia subspicata occurs locally in the central and northern Sierra Nevada foothills, sometimes with the morphologically similar M. gracilis.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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