PLANTS Profile for Lygodesmia (skeletonplant)

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PLANTS Profile

Lygodesmia D. Don
skeletonplant

Symbol:

LYGOD

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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Lygodesmia D. Don

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Distribution:
Lygodesmia D. Don

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Lygodesmia D. Don

View 480 genera in Asteraceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Lygodesmia aphylla (Nutt.) DC.. .

Lygodesmia aphylla
rose rush

Distribution of Lygodesmia arizonica S. Tomb. . Image Available.

Lygodesmia arizonica
Arizona skeletonplant

Distribution of Lygodesmia dianthopsis (Eaton ex King) S. Tomb. .

Lygodesmia dianthopsis
Antelope Island skeletonplant

Distribution of Lygodesmia doloresensis S. Tomb. .

Lygodesmia doloresensis
Dolores River skeletonplant

Distribution of Lygodesmia entrada S.L. Welsh & Goodrich. .

Lygodesmia entrada
rushpink skeletonplant

Distribution of Lygodesmia grandiflora (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray. . Image Available.

Lygodesmia grandiflora
largeflower skeletonplant

Distribution of Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.. . Image Available.

Lygodesmia juncea
rush skeletonplant

Distribution of Lygodesmia ramosissima Greenm.. .

Lygodesmia ramosissima
Pecos River skeletonplant

Distribution of Lygodesmia texana (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene. . Image Available.

Lygodesmia texana
Texas skeletonplant

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lygodesmia D. Don

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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

More Accounts and Images:
Lygodesmia D. Don

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 500397.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 11:50 AM CDT