Tarweed or tarplant is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
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Madieae
Madieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is sometimes considered a subtribe of Heliantheae. Notable species include the tarweeds of the Western United States as well as the silverswords of Hawaii.
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of the family
Asteraceae
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Anisocarpus madioides''
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Deinandra
''Deinandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. Such a genus is not recognized as distinct by all authorities; its species are often treated as members of the genus '' Hemizonia''.
Distribution
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Harmonia
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Hemizonella
''Hemizonella '' is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.
The only known species is ''Hemizonella minima'' (opposite-leaved tarweed), native to British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Mont ...
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Hemizonia''
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Holocarpha
''Holocarpha'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus contains four species of tarweeds, which are all endemic to California.
Description
''Holocarpha'' are glandular, aromatic annual herbs bearing yellow flowe ...
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Madia
''Madia'' is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic herbs with yellow flowers, in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. ''
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Amsinckia lycopsoides
''Amsinckia lycopsoides'' is a species of flowering plant, known by the common name tarweed fiddleneck or bugloss fiddleneck, in the family ''Boraginaceae''. It is one of the more common species of fiddleneck. It is native to much of western Nor ...
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Cuphea viscosissima''
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