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Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.
rush skeletonplant

       
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Line Drawing of Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 322. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.

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Distribution:
Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.

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USA (AR, AZ, CO, 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 juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Lygodesmia
 

Classification:
Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.

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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 juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook. – rush skeletonplant
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.

rush skeletonplant
rush skeletonweed
skeletonweed

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503623.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

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Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.

IL-Weeds of the North Central States

 
 
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