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Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant,[3] is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][4]

Lygodesmia
Lygodesmia grandiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Subtribe:	Microseridinae
Genus:	Lygodesmia D.Don
Type species
Prenanthes juncea[1] Pursh
Synonyms[2]
Erythremia Nutt.

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.[5]

Species[2][6]

• 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

References

External links

• 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)

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