Centromadia pungens Calflora

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Taxon Report

Centromadia pungens (Hook. & Arn.) Greene

Common tarweed, Common spikeweed

2014 Ron Vanderhoff

2014 Michael Perlmutter

2009 John Dittes

2015 Debra L. Cook

2008 Benjamin Smith

2009 Neal Kramer

Centromadia pungens is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (1273 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. laevis ... ssp. pungens
Genus:	Centromadia
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands:
Arid West: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs in non wetlands

Communities: wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Hemizonia pungens

Information about Centromadia pungens from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CEPU14) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 01/31/2023).