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

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.

Species

• 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

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