Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lygodesmia aphylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodesmia aphylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lygodesmia aphylla
COMMON NAME:
Rose-rush, Flowering Straw
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lygodesmia aphylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodesmia aphylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lygodesmia aphylla
3123
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like, inconspicuous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Bluish-lavender (white)
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
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