The always eye-catching Lygodesmia grandiflora var. dianthopsis. Other common names include Smoothseed skeletonweed and Antelope Island skeletonplant. Particularly happy in sandy places with full sun.The achenes of this taxon are interesting in having one side that is completely smooth and the other that appears to have been roughend or pecked at with a very small, sharp instrument (actually narrowly furrowed, i.e. sulcate)July 9, 2013, Salt Lake County foothills, Utah, about 4,875 ft. elev.
