Litrisa

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

Litrisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Eupatorieae
Genus:	Litrisa Small
Species:	L. carnosa
Binomial name
Litrisa carnosa Small
Synonyms[1][2]
Trilisa carnosa (Small) B.L.Rob. Carphephorus carnosus (Small) C.W.James

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]