Taxon:  Madia sativa Molina



Summary
Genus:
Madia
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Madieae
Nomen number:
23084
Place of publication:
Sag. stor. nat. Chili 136.  1782
Verified:
12/01/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
12 (5  active, 4  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Fruits

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  4. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1533.
  6. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  8. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
  9. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  10. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  11. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
  12. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  13. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  14. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  15. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  17. Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
  18. Navas-Bustamante, L. E. 1973-1979. Flora de la cuenca de Santiago de Chile.
  19. Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980-. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.
  20. Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
  21. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  22. Schmeda-Hirschmann, G. 1995. Madia sativa, a potential oil crop of Central Chile. Econ. Bot. 49:257-259.
  23. Willis, J. H. 1970-1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria.
  24. Zardini, E. 1992. Madia sativa Mol. (Asteraceae-Heliantheae-Madiinae): an ethnobotanical and geographical disjunct. Econ. Bot. 46:34-44.
  25. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishChilean oilplant  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1533.
EnglishChilean tarweed  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishcoast tarweed  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishmadia-oil-plant  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishtarplant  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1533.
Frenchmadie cultivée  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchmadie olifère  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanMadie  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanÖlmadie  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmadi  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmadia  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmelosa  2Schmeda-Hirschmann, G. 1995. Madia sativa, a potential oil crop of Central Chile. Econ. Bot. 49:257-259.
Swedisholjemadia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChubut Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaMendoza Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaNeuquén Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaRío Negro Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaTierra del Fuego Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
2CultivatedEurope Europe  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
3AdventiveEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. KrymEuro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3AdventiveEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuébec FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesWisconsin FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesConnecticute.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaine FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesVermont FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3AdventiveNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Native
Northern America
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon, Washington]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Mendoza, Chubut, Neuquén, Río Negro, Tierra del Fuego], Chile
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
Adventive
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Ireland, Norway
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario, Québec]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut (e.), Indiana, Maine, Pennsylvania, Vermont]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Wisconsin]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Georgia]
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Victoria]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Reference(s)
  1. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  5. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  6. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human foodoil/fat Schmeda-Hirschmann, G. 1995. Madia sativa, a potential oil crop of Central Chile. Econ. Bot. 49:257-259.
Human foodoil/fat Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Materialslipids Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=23084. Accessed 14 April 2026.