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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Lygodesmia aphylla   FAMILY Asteraceae_   Go to FSUS key

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 north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

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 north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
 Lygodesmia aphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Lygodesmia aphylla

 

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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
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:

 

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