Madia elegans

Plant type

annual / biennial

size

H: 3'
W: 2'

planting zones

1-11

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Madia elegans plant details

Madia elegans is a broadleaf deciduous annual / biennial with green foliage. yellow flowers emerge. Features fuzzy texture. Grows well with sun and regular - low water. Does well in average and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Madia elegans

Plant type: annual / biennial
Plant family: asteraceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 2 FT wide, 3 FT tall
Flowers: yellow blooms
Uses: self-sowing

GROWING CONDITIONS for Madia elegans

USDA Zones: 1 - 11
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: average and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This 3'-5' tall annual has foliage and flowers that smell like pineapple, velvety leaves that beckon your touch, and a profusion of yellow daisy flowers in the late summer. Foliage and stems are covered with sticky, aromatic glandular hairs. Goldfinches are especially fond of tarweed seeds. Plant is abundant on dry slopes and grassy meadows from 3000' to 8000', and ranges from San Diego County to Oregon, blooming from late spring through summer when few other native annuals are flowering. Important nectar plant and aboriginal seed food.

By: The Watershed Nursery

Don’t pass up this native annual because it looks like a plain yellow daisy in the photo. It’s not! First of all it’s 3’ tall and bushy. Second, its foliage and flowers are stongly pineapple scented! Third, it’s 1.5” flowers pop out in mid-Summer when many of our native blooms are long gone. Attractive velvety leaves too. What’s more – it self-sows reliably for new free plants every year.