| Lygodesmia juncea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Lygodesmia |
| Species: | L. juncea |
| Binomial name | |
| Lygodesmia juncea | |
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Lygodesmia juncea, the rush skeletonplant or just skeletonweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the western and central United States and western Canada. [1] Widespread and considered somewhat weedy, it is adapted to blowing or otherwise disturbed soils, but not to fire. [2] It is a perennial herb. Petals are pink or violet in color and flowers bloom June to September. [3]
