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Madia gracilis
Also called Slender Tarweed, Gumweed
Grassy tarweed is a sticky, resin-coated annual wildflower in the daisy family, native to western North America. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, grows best in full sun and dry, well-drained ground, and is mainly of interest for native plantings.
Madia gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names grassy tarweed, slender tarweed, and gumweed madia.
The annual herb is native to western North America: from British Columbia, through California to Baja California; and east to Utah and Montana. It grows in many habitat types except for arid desert areas, including oak woodlands and mixed evergreen forests.
The seeds were used to make pinole by the indigenous Mendocino, Miwok, and Pomo peoples of California.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Madia gracilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
