Harmonia (plant)

Harmonia
Harmonia stebbinsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Madieae
Subtribe:	Madiinae
Genus:	Harmonia B.G.Baldwin [1]
Type species
Madia hallii D.D.Keck

Harmonia is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. All 5 known species are endemic to the Coast Ranges of northern and central California. All but H. nutans grow on serpentine soils. ^[2]

Harmonia is related to Madia , and both genera are commonly known as tarweeds. Harmonia is an annual shrub very often with bristles and sometimes with glandular hairs as well. Hears have a single series of phyllaries, subtending 3-8 fertile ray flowers plus 7-30 fertile yellow disc flowers. ^{[3] [4]}

Species ^{[5] [6] [7]}

• Harmonia doris-nilesiae (T.W.Nelson & J.P.Nelson) B.G.Baldwin Klamath Mts.
• Harmonia guggolziorum B.G.Baldwin - Mendocino Co, California
• Harmonia hallii (D.D.Keck) B.G.Baldwin Coast Ranges of north-central California
• Harmonia nutans (Greene) B.G.Baldwin Coast Ranges near San Francisco Bay
• Harmonia stebbinsii (T.W.Nelson & J.P.Nelson) B.G.Baldwin Klamath Mts.

References

1. Novon 9(4): 463–464. 1999.
2. Flora of North America, Harmonia
3. Baldwin, B. G. 2001. Harmonia guggolziorum (Compositae–Madiinae), a new tarweed from ultramafics of southern Mendocino County, California. Madroño 48: 293–297.
4. B. G. Baldwin, 1999. New combinations and new genera in North American tarweeds. Novon. 9: 462-471.
5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. The Plant List
7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps