PLANTS Profile for Lygodesmia arizonica (Arizona skeletonplant)

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PLANTS Profile

Lygodesmia arizonica S. Tomb
Arizona skeletonplant

Symbol:

LYAR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Lygodesmia arizonica S. Tomb

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Synonyms:
Lygodesmia arizonica S. Tomb

LYGRA

Lygodesmia grandiflora (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray var. arizonica (S. Tomb) S.L. Welsh

Native Status:
Lygodesmia arizonica S. Tomb


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AZ, CO, NM, UT)

Related Taxa:
Lygodesmia arizonica S. Tomb

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Lygodesmia

Classification:
Lygodesmia arizonica S. Tomb

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Lygodesmia D. Don – skeletonplant
Species	Lygodesmia arizonica S. Tomb – Arizona skeletonplant

More Accounts and Images:
Lygodesmia arizonica S. Tomb

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503618.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 12:23 AM CDT