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Lygodesmia
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Lygodesmia

Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Texas Skeleton Plant

speciesLygodesmia texana

rush skeletonplant

speciesLygodesmia juncea

rose rush

speciesLygodesmia aphylla

skeleton plant

speciesLygodesmia grandiflora

dolores river skeletonplant

speciesLygodesmia doloresensis

Lygodesmia ramosissima

speciesLygodesmia ramosissima

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126340.