Index / Search / Lygodesmia juncea
§1 Plant
Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.
vernacular rush skeletonplant — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Lygodesmia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 297 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 297 counties across 10 states/territories.
Iowa view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jewell 20089
- Kearny 20093
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
Minnesota view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Big Stone 27011
- Brown 27015
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Martin 27091
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rock 27133
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
Nebraska view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Gosper 31073
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- McPherson 31117
- Morrill 31123
- Perkins 31135
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
New Mexico view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 12 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Brule 46015
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Dewey 46041
- Douglas 46043
- Fall River 46047
- Faulk 46049
- Gregory 46053
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hutchinson 46067
- Hyde 46069
- Jackson 46071
- Jones 46075
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- McPherson 46089
- Mellette 46095
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Roberts 46109
- Sanborn 46111
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Ziebach 46137
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LYJU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3091139 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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