Madia gracilis

(Sm.) Keck & J. Clausen ex Applegate

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds

The seeds are mixed with maize flour and cooked together as a dish.

It is a temperate plant.

North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

A temperate herb in the daisy family (Asteraceae). The seeds are consumed as food.

Source ↗

Madia gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names grassy tarweed, slender tarweed, and gumweed madia.

Names & Synonyms

Madia dissitiflora (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Grayand others

References (3)

Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994) (As Madia dissitiflora)
Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 327
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Madia dissitiflora)