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§1 Plant
Lygodesmia texana (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene
vernacular Texas skeletonplant — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Lygodesmia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 123 counties across 3 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 123 counties across 3 states/territories.
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 111 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Austin 48015
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Bosque 48035
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brooks 48047
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Callahan 48059
- Childress 48075
- Coke 48081
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Coryell 48099
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- Dawson 48115
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Duval 48131
- Eastland 48133
- Edwards 48137
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Frio 48163
- Gaines 48165
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Grimes 48185
- Hall 48191
- Hardeman 48197
- Hays 48209
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hood 48221
- Howard 48227
- Irion 48235
- Jack 48237
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Wells 48249
- Johnson 48251
- Karnes 48255
- Kendall 48259
- Kent 48263
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- King 48269
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- Lampasas 48281
- Lavaca 48285
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Martin 48317
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Midland 48329
- Mitchell 48335
- Motley 48345
- Nolan 48353
- Ochiltree 48357
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Refugio 48391
- Roberts 48393
- Runnels 48399
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Scurry 48415
- Shackelford 48417
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Victoria 48469
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Wise 48497
- Young 48503
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LYTE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7811240 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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