| Flower: | Tarweed |
| Family: | Sunflower |
| Genus / Species: | Madia elegans ssp. vernalis |
| Notes: | Hairy leaves and stems are very sticky and give off a tar odor. Field of solid yellow can be seen in the morning when the rays open, as the day progresses they will close up leaving a field of green. Ten some species are found in California and Southern Oregon. |
| Photo: | 
Kenneth Denman Wildlife Management Area - - - June 3, 2011 |
| Guide: | National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers - Western Region by Spellenberg / Peterson Field Guides Pacific States Wildflowers by Niehaus & Ripper / Northwest Weeds by Taylor / Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Pojar & MacKinnon |
