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chondrilla

Scientific Name: Chondrilla

Family: Asteraceae

Category: Dicot

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Chondrilla: A Dual Identity in the Natural World

The name Chondrilla refers to two distinct genera of organisms: one in the plant kingdom and the other in the animal kingdom.

Considerations for Pets

  • Chondrilla juncea, commonly known as rush skeletonweed, has wiry, often tangled stems that could pose a minor entanglement hazard for small pets.

Chondrilla (Plant Genus)

This section focuses on the plant genus Chondrilla within the family Asteraceae.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature
  • Scientific Name: Chondrilla L.
  • Family: Asteraceae (also referred to as Compositae)
  • Synonyms:
    • Chondrilla canescens Kar.&amp Kiv.
    • Chondrilla graminea Bieb.
    • Chondrilla latifolia Meyer
    • Chondrilla acantholepis Boiss.
  • Rank: Genus
  • Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 796. 1753 Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 348. 1754
Common Names
  • Rush skeletonweed
  • Gum succory
  • Devil's grass
  • Naked weed
  • Skeleton weed
Distribution and Habitat
  • Native to Eurasia, particularly Asia.
  • Found in Europe, especially in Mediterranean climates.
  • Certain taxa are introduced species outside of their native range.
  • Found in disturbed soils in most western states of the U.S., and a few central, southern, and eastern states.
  • Grows in California, but is not native.
Ecological Role
  • Chondrilla juncea is considered an invasive plant in some regions, including California and King County, Washington State.
Morphological Characteristics
  • Chondrilla juncea is a biennial or perennial herb.
  • Grows up to 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches) or 1.3 meters high.
  • Upright, wiry, often tangled stems.
  • Open-branched above, ribbed, and hairy at the base.
  • Basal leaves are oblanceolate.
  • In flower from July to September.
  • The flowers are hermaphrodite.
  • Has small stem leaves, and few-flowered heads with spinulose achenes
Genetic and Cytological Information
  • Chondrilla juncea is an autonomous apomict with a triploid.
Traditional Uses
  • Name used by Dioscorides for plant that exudes milky juice.
Further Information
  • MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE
  • Wikispecies
  • Wikimedia Commons

Chondrilla (Sponge Genus)

This section focuses on the sea sponge genus Chondrilla within the Phylum Porifera.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature
  • Scientific Name: Chondrilla Schmidt, 1862
  • Phylum: Porifera
  • Rank: Genus
Common Names
  • Chicken-liver sponge
  • Caribbean Chicken-liver sponge
Distribution and Habitat
  • Found in the waters of Bermuda.
  • Observed in cave, grayish morphotype
Morphological Characteristics
  • Amorphous shaped.
  • Greenish to brown color.
  • Thickly encrusting.
  • Thick encrusting lumps, pillows, low mounds, sheets, runners or any combination
  • Surface is smooth.
  • Small brown lumps, usually with paired pores, colonies rarely exceeding about 10 cm across.
Interactions with Other Organisms
  • Subject to predation by reef fish.
  • Harbors cyanobacterial symbionts.
Further Information
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