Madia

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Read about Madia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Madia (Modi, the Chilean name of the common species). Compositae. Yellow-flowered herbs confined to the western part of the American continent, sometimes grown in the flower-garden. The nearest genus of garden value is Layia, from which Madia is distinguished by the following characters: involucre deeply sulcate, bracts strongly infolding and thus inclosing the achenes of the rays which are laterally compressed: achenes of the disk fertile or sterile. Their fls. are remarkable for closing in the sunshine, and opening in the morning or evening. Species about a dozen. They are all called tarweeds from their glandular, viscid, heavily-scented foliage, the common tarweed of California being var. congesta of M. sativa, which is a useful annual plant for sheep pastures in dry, warm soil. M. elegans is an interesting ornamental annual. It has a graceful open habit (see Fig. 2294) and distinct flowers (Fig. 2295), which become more numerous as the summer advances. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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