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Beaked skeleton-weed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
Subtribe:
Microseridinae
Genus:
Shinnersoseris

Tomb
Binomial name
Shinnersoseris rostrata
(A.Gray) Tomb
Synonyms
  • Lygodesmia juncea var. rostrata A.Gray
  • Lygodesmia rostrata (A.Gray) A.Gray

Shinnersoseris is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion family.

There is only one known species, Shinnersoseris rostrata, with the common name beaked skeletonweed. It is native to the Great Plains of central North America (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, United States (ND SD MN IA NE KS OK TX CO WY UT)).

It was formerly in the genus Lygodesmia.

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