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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lygodesmia aphylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodesmia aphylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lygodesmia aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lygodesmia aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lygodesmia aphylla
COMMON NAME:
Rose-rush, Flowering Straw, Florida Skeletonplant
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lygodesmia aphylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodesmia aphylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lygodesmia aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lygodesmia aphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lygodesmia aphylla
3123
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like, inconspicuous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Bluish-lavender (white)
Disc: Absent
Ray flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p046
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p101