Lygodesmia Explained

Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant,^[1] is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.^{[2] [3]}

The name derives from the Greek lygos, a pliant twig, and desme, a bundle, because of the fascicled twiggy or rush-like stems of the plants.^[4]

Species^{[5] [6]}

• Lygodesmia aphylla - FL GA AL
  • Lygodesmia arizonica - AZ NM CO UT Lygodesmia dianthopsis - AZ UT NV ID
    • Lygodesmia doloresensis - CO UT Lygodesmia entrada - UT Lygodesmia grandiflora - AZ NM CO UT WY
• Lygodesmia juncea - widespread across western Canada + western United States
• Lygodesmia ramosissima - AZ TX Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora
• Lygodesmia texana - TX OK NM Coahuila, Nuevo León

External links

• USDA Plants Profile: Lygodesmia
• Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
• Florida Plant Atlas
• Natural Medicinal Herbs, Skeleton Weed, Lygodesmia juncea
• Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Lygodesmia texana
• Minnesota Wildflowers, Lygodesmia juncea (Skeletonweed)

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=119173 Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 369 Skeletonplant, Lygodesmia D. Don
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25427891#page/337/mode/1up Don, David. 1829. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 6: 311
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010352 Tropicos, Lygodesmia D. Don
4. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/docs/factshts/shiros.pdf Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre: Shinnersoseris rostrata, Plant Characterization Abstract.
5. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
6. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Lygodesmia Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps