October 30, 2020 Madia elegans Elegant Tarweed Elegant tarweed (Madia elegans). Photo by Glen Schneider.This large patch of one- to one-and-a-half-foot-tall elegant tarweeds (Madia elegans) on UC Berkeley land shows how they bloom in the drying grass and are already closing in this mid-morning photo. Photo by Glen Schneider.This elegant tarweed (Madia elegans) is about three feet tall. Photo by Glen Schneider. More InformationShe Was Not Lost, but Wild: Madia elegans at Skyline Gardens