Lygodesmia is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family (sunflower family).

USDA mentions nine species in genus

http://plants.usda.gov/java/Cl...

all nine species native in USA

http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...

One, Lygodesmia juncea, according to USDA map distribution, is native in Canada, too.

But in "Flora of North America" are mentioned, only five species

http://www.efloras.org/florata...

A flower of Lygodesmia texana.

Lygodesmia texana

Pictures taken on 05 May, 2013 on rural area of Yorktown city, DeWitt County, Tx.






Description of Lygodesmia texana, in "Flora of North America": http://www.efloras.org/florata...

Very beautiful Justin, thank you for posting those pictures, you are very thorough as usual.

I just love my Skeleton Plants! Various insects, bees, butterflies and hummingbirds go to them.

I love those too, but they are not very common around North Central Texas.