Trixis inula, the tropical threefold,[2] is a plant species native to Texas, Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and the West Indies. It is found on open, sandy sites such as roadsides, thorn scrub, thickets, etc.[3][4][5][6][7]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
| Trixis inula |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
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Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Asterales |
| Family: |
Asteraceae |
| Genus: |
Trixis |
| Species: |
T. inula |
| Binomial name |
Trixis inula
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Inula trixis L.
- Perdicium corymbosum Sessé & Moc. ex D.Don [Illegitimate]
- Perdicium havanense Kunth
- Perdicium laevigatum Berg
- Perdicium radiale L. [Illegitimate]
- Prenanthes fruticosa Willd. ex Less.
- Solidago fruticosa Mill.
- Tenorea berteroi Colla [Illegitimate]
- Tenorea calyculata Bertero ex Colla
- Trixis adenolepis S.F.Blake
- Trixis chiantlensis S.F.Blake
- Trixis corymbosa D.Don
- Trixis deamii B.L.Rob.
- Trixis ehrenbergii Kunze
- Trixis frutescens P.Browne ex Spreng.
- Trixis frutescens P.Browne
- Trixis frutescens var. angustifolia DC.
- Trixis frutescens var. glabrata Less.
- Trixis frutescens var. latifolia Less.
- Trixis frutescens var. obtusifolia Less.
- Trixis glabra D.Don
- Trixis havanensis (Kunth) Spreng.
- Trixis laevigata Lag.
- Trixis mexicana Moc. ex Less. [Illegitimate]
- Trixis radialis (L.) Lag. [Illegitimate]
- Trixis radialis (L.) Kuntze [Illegitimate]
- Trixis radialis var. pubescens Kuntze
- Trixis radialis var. subglabra Kuntze
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Trixis inula is a much-branched shrub up to 300 cm (10 feet) tall. It has lanceolate to elliptic leaves up to 17 cm (7 inches) long. Yellow flower heads are borne in paniculate arrays.[8][9][10]