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dolores river skeletonplant
Lygodesmia doloresensis
Lygodesmia doloresensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Dolores River skeletonplant. It is native to a small area of Colorado and neighboring Utah in the United States. This species is sometimes considered a variety of Lygodesmia grandiflora.
This plant is a perennial herb producing an erect, branching stem up to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are threadlike to linear and measure up to 14 centimeters in length. The flower heads contain five ligulate florets in shades of lavender or pink to white.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 164981.