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Madia

For the furniture piece, see Madia (furniture)
For a people of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India see Madia Gond.
Madia is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic herbs, which have yellow flowers, in the family Asteraceae (sunflower family). They are sometimes known as tarweeds. The 21 species in this genus are native to western North America and southwestern South America. The name Madia is derived from a Chilean name ("Madi") for one of the members of the genus.

Selected species: Madia anomala - plumpseeded madia
Madia bolanderi - Bolander's madia
Madia citrigracilis - Shasta tarweed
Madia citriodora - lemon-scented madia
Madia doris-nilesiae - serpentine tarweed
Madia elegans - common madia
Madia exigua - small tarweed
Madia glomerata - mountain tarweed
Madia gracilis - grassy tarweed
Madia hallii - Hall's madia
Madia madioides - woodland madia
Madia minima - least tarweed
Madia nutans - nodding madia
Madia radiata - golden madia
Madia rammii - Ramm's madia
Madia sativa - coast tarweed
Madia stebbinsii - Stebbins' madia
Madia subspicata - slender tarweed
Madia yosemitana - Yosemite madia

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Madia" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese.

Translation in Russian: Мадия.


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