Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant,Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 369 Skeletonplant, Lygodesmia D. Don is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.Don, David. 1829. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 6: 311 in LatinTropicos, Lygodesmia D. Don
The name derives from the Greek lygos, a pliant twig, and desme, a bundle, because of the fascicled twiggy or rush-like stems of the plants.Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre: Shinnersoseris rostrata, Plant Characterization Abstract.
SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps Lygodesmia aphylla - FL GA AL Lygodesmia arizonica - AZ NM CO UT Lygodesmia dianthopsis - AZ UT NV ID Lygodesmia doloresensis - CO UT Lygodesmia entrada - UT Lygodesmia grandiflora - AZ NM CO UT WY Lygodesmia juncea - widespread across western Canada + western United States Lygodesmia ramosissima - AZ TX Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora Lygodesmia texana - TX OK NM Coahuila, Nuevo León
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USDA Plants Profile: Lygodesmia Southwest Colorado Wildflowers Florida Plant Atlas Natural Medicinal Herbs, Skeleton Weed, Lygodesmia juncea Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Lygodesmia texana Minnesota Wildflowers, Lygodesmia juncea (Skeletonweed)