Harmonia nutans

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Harmonia nutans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Harmonia
Species:
H. nutans
Binomial name
Harmonia nutans
(Greene) B.G.Baldwin
Synonyms

Madia nutans Greene

Harmonia nutans (syn. Madia nutans) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name nodding madia.

Description

Harmonia nutans is an annual herb producing a bristly, glandular stem up to about 25 centimeters tall. The

pappi
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Distribution

Harmonia nutans is endemic to California, where it is limited to the Coast Ranges in the San Francisco Bay Area and slopes to the north. It is reported only from Solano, Napa, Lake and Sonoma Counties.[1] It grows in common mountain habitat such as chaparral and woodland, often on volcanic soils.

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