Lygodesmia

Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.

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.

1. Lygodesmia aphylla - FL GA AL
2. Lygodesmia arizonica - AZ NM CO UT
3. Lygodesmia dianthopsis - AZ UT NV ID
4. Lygodesmia doloresensis - CO UT
5. Lygodesmia entrada - UT
6. Lygodesmia grandiflora - AZ NM CO UT WY
7. Lygodesmia juncea - widespread across western Canada + western United States
8. Lygodesmia ramosissima - AZ TX Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora
9. Lygodesmia texana - TX OK NM Coahuila, Nuevo León