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|accepted_name=Lygodesmia aphylla
|accepted_authority=(Nuttall) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=7: 198. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|common_names=Roserush
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Prenanthes aphylla
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|publication_title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 123. 1818
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Erythremia aphylla
|authority=(Nuttall) Nuttall
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Lygodesmia;Lygodesmia aphylla
|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 aphylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 373
|treatment_page=page 370
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 30–80 cm solitary; roots or rhizomes fleshy; caudices woody, branched. <b>Stems</b> 1, erect, green, simple or sparsely branched distally, strongly striate. <b>Leaves</b> (basal in rosettes, sometimes withered at flowering); proximal blades linear, 100–350 × 2–3 mm, margins entire; cauline similar or reduced to scales. <b>Heads</b> (1–5) borne singly or in corymbiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> cylindric, 14–22 × 5–6 mm, apices narrow. <b>Calyculi</b> of 8–14, deltate bractlets 1–5 mm, margins scarious, erose-ciliate (faces tomentulose). <b>Phyllaries</b> 8, linear, 14–22 mm, margins scarious, apices often purplish, acute, appendaged. <b>Florets</b> 8–10; corollas pink to lavender or blue, 30–40 mm, ligules 4–6 mm wide. <b>Cypselae</b> (subcylindric) 11–14 mm (faces smooth, abaxial weakly striate, glabrous, adaxial sulcate); pappi 12–18 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Nov.
|habitat=Dry sandy soils, flatwoods, pine barrens, disturbed areas, roadsides
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.
|discussion=<p><i>Lygodesmia aphylla</i> is recognized by its erect, sparingly branched habit, leafless stems, relatively large involucres and florets, apical appendages on phyllaries, and grooved cypselae. The habit is similar to that of <i>L. texana</i>. The basal leaves are frequently absent at flowering and are entire, not pinnately lobed as in <i>L. texana</i>.</p>
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name=Lygodesmia aphylla
|authority=(Nuttall) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Erythremia aphylla
|basionyms=Prenanthes aphylla
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Nov.
|habitat=Dry sandy soils, flatwoods, pine barrens, disturbed areas, roadsides
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1838
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Lygodesmia
|species=Lygodesmia aphylla
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