Litrisa
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| Genus: | Litrisa Small
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| Species: | L. carnosa
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| Litrisa carnosa Small
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Litrisa is a genus of flowering plants in the snakeroot tribe within the daisy family.[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
- ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-17 at archive.today
- ^ The Plant List Litrisa carnosa Small
- ^ Small, John Kunkel. 1924. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 392 entirely in English
- ^ Tropicos, Litrisa Small
- ^ a b Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 535 Carphephorus Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1816: 198. 1816.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Carphephorus carnosus
- ^ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
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