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Litrisa

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Tribe
  
Eupatorieae

Higher classification
  
Daisy family

Order
  
Asterales

Species
  
L. carnosa

Rank
  
Genus

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Litrisa is a genus of flowering plants in the snakeroot tribe within the daisy family.

Some taxonomists group Litrisa and Trilisa into the genus Carphephorus.

Species

There is only one known species, Litrisa carnosa, called pineland chaffhead, native to the State of Florida in the United States. 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.

References

Litrisa Wikipedia