''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 over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

, native to the western and central United States and western Canada. Widespread and considered somewhat weedy, it is adapted to blowing or otherwise disturbed soils, but not to fire. It is a perennial herb. Petals are pink or violet in color and flowers bloom June to September.

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juncea Flora of Western Canada Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the North-Central United States Flora of Nevada Flora of Utah Flora of Arizona Flora of the South-Central United States Flora of Arkansas Flora of Indiana Plants described in 1834 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Cichorieae-stub