Lygodesmia D. Don (Q3141)

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Lygodesmia is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Cichorieae
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Lygodesmia D. Don
Lygodesmia is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Cichorieae

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    taxon/id/Lygodesmia D. Don
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    Lygodesmia D. Don
    Lygodesmia
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Skeletonplant (English)
    rush pink (English)
    North America
    n Mexico
    Stems 1–5+, (green to gray-green, rushlike, ± striate), simple to or much branched proximally and/or distally, usually glabrous, rarely tomentulose.
    blades linear to subulate, sometimes reduced to scales, margins entire or sparingly pinnately laciniately lobed (faces usually glabrous, rarely tomentulose).
    Heads borne singly or in loose, corymbiform arrays.
    Peduncles not inflated distally, bracteate.
    Calyculi of 8–16, ovate to subulate or scalelike bracteoles in 1–2 series, unequal, margins scarious to erose-ciliate, faces glabrous or tomentulose, sometimes roughened.
    (apices truncate, narrow or spreading).
    Phyllaries 5–12 in ± 1 series, grayish green, ± linear, equal, margins scarious, faces glabrous or puberulent, sometimes roughened.
    Receptacles flat, sometimes pitted, sometimes scabrous, epaleate.
    corollas usually pink to lavender or purple, rarely white.
    Cypselae pale green to tan, subcylindric, straight or arcuate, subterete or longitudinally angled or sulcate, apices sometimes narrowed, not beaked, faces smooth or rugose-roughened, glabrous;
    pappi persistent, of 60–80, tawny or white, ± connate, smooth bristles in 1–2+ series.