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Litrisa

Litrisa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. 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.

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Litrisa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. 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.

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