Lygodesmia juncea

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Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Microseridinae
Genus: Lygodesmia
Species: Lygodesmia juncea
Name

Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D.Don ex Hook., Fl. Boreali Amer. 1: 295. 1834
Synonyms

Basionym
Prenanthes juncea Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 498. 1813.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan), USA (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Don, D., 1834. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 295.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Lygodesmia juncea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lygodesmia juncea. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 30 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Lygodesmia juncea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 30.
Tropicos.org 2019. Lygodesmia juncea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Mar. 2019.
eFloras 2008. Lygodesmia juncea in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lygodesmia juncea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Rush skeletonplant

Lygodesmia juncea, the rush skeletonplant or just skeletonweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the western and central United States and western Canada.[1] Widespread and considered somewhat weedy, it is adapted to blowing or otherwise disturbed soils, but not to fire.[2] It is a perennial herb. Petals are pink or violet in color and flowers bloom June to September.[3]
References

"Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D.Don ex Hook". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
Pierson, F.B.; Carlson, D.H.; Spaeth, K.E. (2002). "Impacts of wildfire on soil hydrological properties of steep sagebrush-steppe rangeland". International Journal of Wildland Fire. 11 (2): 145. doi:10.1071/WF02037.
"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-03-14.