Common Madia, Tarweed
Màdia élegans
Yellow
Summer, autumn
West
Pretty flowers, with hairy stems, from six inches to three feet tall, and velvety or hairy leaves, more or less sticky and the upper ones alternate. The flowers grow in loose clusters and are from one to over two inches across, with bright yellow rays, sometimes with a spot of maroon at the base which gives an extremely pretty effect, and a yellow or maroon center. This often makes pretty patches of color in sandy places, and is widely distributed and very variable. Woodland Madia, M. madioìdes, is similar, but not so pretty.
Gum-weed
Màdia dissitiflòra
Yellow
Summer
California
A slender plant, over a foot tall, with hairy stem and leaves, which are aromatic when crushed, and rather pretty little flowers, about half an inch across, with pale yellow rays, yellow centers specked with black, and sticky-hairy involucres. This grows along roadsides and the edges of woods.
Madia—M. elegans.
Hymenopappus luteus.
Sneeze Weed—Helenium Bigelowii.
Gum-weed—Madia dissitiflora.
There are many kinds of Coreopsis, natives of America, South Africa, and Australasia, several of them cultivated in gardens. They are called Tickseed.
Desert Coreopsis
Coreópsis Bigelòwii
Yellow
Spring
California
This is very pretty, with one or several, slender, smooth stems, about ten inches tall, springing from a tuft of pretty, bright green, smooth, shiny leaves, cut into narrow divisions and slightly succulent. The flowers are an inch and a half to two inches across, with bright yellow rays, lighter at the tips, and an orange center, and look exceedingly pretty in the Mohave Desert.
Sea Dahlia
Coreópsis marítima (Leptosyne)
Yellow
Spring
California