Lygodesmia D.Don

Skeletonplant (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae

Characteristics

Fls all ligulate and perfect, 5–12, pink or purple, rarely white; invol cylindric, with 4–10 principal bracts and a few much reduced outer ones; achenes glabrous or scabrous, slender, columnar to fusiform; pappus of numerous capillary bristles; ± rush-like herbs with milky juice and alternate (or the lower opposite), narrow, mostly linear or subulate lvs; heads erect, terminating the branches, or sometimes in a racemiform infl. 10, N. Amer.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Images

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Distribution

Lygodesmia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:289402-2
WFO ID wfo-4000022529
COL ID 5HP9
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lygodesmia Prenanthella

Lower taxons

Lygodesmia exigua Lygodesmia aphylla Lygodesmia ramosissima Lygodesmia grandiflora Lygodesmia exigua Lygodesmia texana Lygodesmia juncea