lemon scented tarplant

Madia citriodora

General: Strongly lemon-scented annual, 1.5-6 dm. tall, covered with short, stiff hairs throughout and stalked glands upward.
Leaves: Leaves lanceolate to linear, 2-8 cm. long and 1.5-10 mm. wide, entire.
Flowers: Heads several in an open inflorescence, the lateral branches often topping the central; involucre 6-8 mm. high, ovoid, the bracts in a single series, equal, the flat tips of the bracts well developed, the lower portion clasping the ray achene; rays 5-8, 6-10 mm. long, pistillate and fertile, bright yellow; disk flowers sterile, yellow, surrounded by a cup of united bracts attached to the receptacle, which is covered with erect, straight hairs; pappus none.
Fruits: Achenes three-sided, one side rounded.
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Appearance

Erect stem, lemon-scented. Bristles or soft hairs on lower part of stem. Upper stem has hairs tipped with glands. Leaves on stalks, hairy with black glands on upper surface. Flower heads openly clustered with 5–12 greenish yellow ray flowers surrounding black-anthered yellow disk flowers.
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Distribution

Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington south to California, east to Nevada.

Habitat

Dry, open hillsides and foothills.

References:

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http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php
http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/madia-citriodora
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusMadia
SpeciesMadia citriodora