Biology:Litrisa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Litrisa
Scientific classification edit
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Small
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Binomial name
Litrisa carnosa
Small
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Trilisa carnosa (Small) B.L.Rob.
  • Carphephorus carnosus (Small) C.W.James

Litrisa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[3][4]

Some taxonomists group Litrisa and Trilisa into the genus Carphephorus.[5]

Species

There is only one known species, Litrisa carnosa, called pineland chaffhead, native to the State of Florida in the United States .[1][6][7] It is a shrub up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall, covered with many small hairs and producing flat-topped inflorescences of many small purplish flower heads.[5]

References

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