''Lygodesmia'', called skeletonplant, is a

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Lygodesmia aphylla Lygodesmia aphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name rose rush or rushweed. It has white, pink, or lavender flowers. It grows in Florida and Georgia and reaches between 1 and 3 feet tall. Reference ...

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Lygodesmia arizonica ''Lygodesmia'', called skeletonplant, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.

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Lygodesmia dianthopsis ''Lygodesmia'', called skeletonplant, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.

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Lygodesmia doloresensis ''Lygodesmia doloresensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Dolores River skeletonplant. It is native to a small area of Colorado and neighboring Utah in the United States.

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Lygodesmia entrada ''Lygodesmia'', called skeletonplant, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.

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Lygodesmia grandiflora ''Lygodesmia grandiflora'', the largeflower skeletonplant or showy rushpink, is a perennial plant in the family Asteraceae found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian ...

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Lygodesmia juncea ''Lygodesmia juncea'', the rush skeletonplant or just skeletonweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in ove ...

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Lygodesmia ramosissima ''Lygodesmia'', called skeletonplant, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.

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Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

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Lygodesmia texana ''Lygodesmia'', called skeletonplant, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.

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Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

References

External links

USDA Plants Profile: ''Lygodesmia''

Florida Plant Atlas

Natural Medicinal Herbs, Skeleton Weed, ''Lygodesmia juncea''

Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, ''Lygodesmia texana''

Minnesota Wildflowers, ''Lygodesmia juncea'' (Skeletonweed)
Asteraceae genera Flora of North America {{Cichorieae-stub