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|accepted_name=Lygodesmia juncea
|accepted_authority=(Pursh) D. Don ex Hooker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 295. 1833
|year=1833
}}
|common_names=Rush skeletonplant
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Prenanthes juncea
|authority=Pursh
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Lygodesmia;Lygodesmia juncea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lygodesmia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lygodesmia juncea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 370, 373
|treatment_page=page 372
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 10–35(–70) cm (in bushy clumps); taproots deep, vertical, rhizomes branched, woody. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending or decumbent, green, glaucous, much branched from bases and distally, strongly striate, glabrous (often bearing round galls). <b>Leaves</b> (basal not in rosettes, absent at flowering); proximal blades linear, 5–30(–60) × 1–2(–4) mm, margins entire, apices acute, faces glabrous; cauline reduced to subulate scales. <b>Heads</b> (1–50+) borne singly or in corymbiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> cylindric, 10–16 × 4–6 mm, apices spreading. <b>Calyculi</b> of 8, ovate to linear bractlets 2–4 mm, margins erose-ciliate (faces glabrous). <b>Phyllaries</b> 5(–7), linear, 10–15 mm, margins scarious, apices acute or obtuse, not appendaged, faces glabrous. <b>Florets</b> usually 5; corollas usually light pink to lavender, rarely white, 18–20 mm, ligules 3–4 mm wide. <b>Cypselae</b> 6–10 mm, weakly striate, glabrous; pappi 6–9 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=High Plains, rolling short-grass prairies, blufftop prairies, loess hills, sandy to silty soils, disturbed sites, railroads, roadsides, barren areas
|elevation=600–2300 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Ark.;Colo.;Idaho;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Lygodesmia juncea is the most widespread species of the genus, occurring throughout the High Plains region of North America. It is easily distinguished by its bushy habit, greatly reduced cauline leaves, relatively small heads and involucres, and phyllaries lacking appendages. Mature cypselae are rarely found on this species, and the plants are presumably sterile and reproduce mainly by vegetative means. Many specimens have round galls to 10 mm diameter on the stems, produced by solitary wasps and apparently unique to this species.</p>
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name=Lygodesmia juncea
|author=
|authority=(Pursh) D. Don ex Hooker
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Prenanthes juncea
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=High Plains, rolling short-grass prairies, blufftop prairies, loess hills, sandy to silty soils, disturbed sites, railroads, roadsides, barren areas
|elevation=600–2300 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Ark.;Colo.;Idaho;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1833
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_599.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Lygodesmia
|species=Lygodesmia juncea
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