Chondrilla juncea L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Asteraceae

• Scientific Name

  Chondrilla juncea L.

• Description

  Species Description - Branching, rush-like, taprooted perennial with runcinate- pinnatifid, often deciduous basal lvs 5–13 × 1.5–3.5 cm and reduced linear cauline lvs 2–10 cm × 1–8 mm, the stem 3–15 dm, strongly spreading-hispid near the base, the invols white-tomentose, the herbage otherwise glabrous; heads scattered along the branches, commonly with 9–12 fls; invol 9–12 mm, with ca 8 principal bracts; body of the achene 3 mm, muricate above and bearing a circle of scales at the base of the long, slender beak; 2n=15, 30. Roadsides, fields, and waste places; native of Eurasia, intr. in our range from N.Y. to Va., W.Va. and Mich. July–Sept.

• Common Names

  skeleton-weed