Asteraceae FAMILY

Madia sativa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Madia sativa is a strongly aromatic, annual plant growing 20 - 240cm tall[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The whole plant is covered in a sticky substance[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The edible seeds were commonly gathered from the wild and eaten by various local people. Nowadays the plant has been recognised as having potential for development as a future oil crop and it is cultivated in parts of Europe, S. America and elsewhere[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeWestern N. America - British Columbia to California; Western S. America - Chile, western Argentina

HabitatSand, gravel, open grassland and disturbed soils[ 69 Title Flora of Tierra del Fuego. Publication Author Moore. D. M. Publisher Anthony Nelson. Year 1983 ISBN 0-904614-05-0 Description Standard work for this part of S. America. Excellent details of habitat and a few notes on plant uses. ]. Grasslands, openings in shrublands and woods, disturbed sites, stream banks, roadsides; at elevations from sea level to 1,000 metres in N. America[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].