Litrisa

 ( Eupatorieae ) 

Litrisa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. Small, John Kunkel. 1924. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 392 entirely in English Tropicos, Litrisa Small

Some taxonomists group Litrisa and Trilisa into the genus Carphephorus. Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 535 Carphephorus Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1816: 198. 1816.

Species

There is only one known species, Litrisa carnosa, called pineland chaffhead, native to the State of Florida in the United States. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Carphephorus carnosus Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants 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.

Categories: Eupatorieae, Endemic Flora Of Florida, Monotypic Asteraceae Genera, Taxa Named By John Kunkel Small

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