Harmonia doris-nilesiae is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names serpentine tarweed and Niles’ madia. This plant was first described to science in 1985, when it was named Madia doris-nilesiae after the California botanist and teacher Doris Niles. It and several others were moved to the new genus Harmonia in 1999. Harmonia doris-nilesiae is endemic to the southern Klamath Mountains of far northern California, where it grows in serpentine soils.
Harmonia doris-nilesiae
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