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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Centromadia pungens
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Centromadia
Species:
C. pungens
Binomial name
Centromadia pungens
(Hook. & Arn.) Greene
Synonyms[1]
  • Centromadia maritima Greene
  • Hartmannia pungens Hook. & Arn.
  • Hemizonia pungens (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. & A.Gray

Centromadia pungens, the common spikeweed[2] or common tarweed,[3] is a species of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Baja California and the western United States (California , Oregon, Washington (state) , Idaho, Nevada, Arizona). The plant is considered a noxious weed in parts of the Pacific Northwest.[4][5]

Centromadia pungens is an herb up to 120 cm (47 in) tall. It produces arrays of numerous yellow flower heads with both ray florets and disc florets.[6][7][8]

Subspecies[1]
  • Centromadia pungens subsp. laevis (D.D.Keck) B.G.Baldwin - Baja California, southern California
  • Centromadia pungens subsp. pungens - most of species range

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15574070 entry