Lygodesmia

Lygodesmia
Lygodesmia grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Microseridinae
Genus: Lygodesmia
D.Don
Type species
Prenanthes juncea[1]
Pursh
Synonyms[2]

Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant,[3] is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][4]

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.[5]

Species[2][6]