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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|genus = Litrisa
|parent_authority = Small
|species = carnosa
|authority = Small
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=u/><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-87122 The Plant List ''Litrisa carnosa'' Small ]</ref>
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*''Trilisa carnosa'' <small>(Small) B.L.Rob.</small>
*''Carphephorus carnosus'' <small>(Small) C.W.James</small>
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'''''Litrisa''''' is a [[genus]] of flowering plants in the tribe [[Eupatorieae]] within the family [[Asteraceae]].<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12126728#page/404/mode/1up Small, John Kunkel. 1924.  Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 392] entirely in English</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007923 Tropicos, ''Litrisa'' Small ]</ref>
Some taxonomists group ''Litrisa'' and ''[[Trilisa]]'' into the genus ''[[Carphephorus]]''.<ref name=hagatha>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=105698 Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 535 ''Carphephorus'' Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1816: 198. 1816. ]</ref>
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There is only one known species, '''''Litrisa carnosa'',''' called '''pineland chaffhead,''' native to the State of [[Florida]] in the [[United States]].<ref name=u>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=2e6a9473-2675-4715-ab3b-7c8b18f30ba4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141217143920/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=2e6a9473-2675-4715-ab3b-7c8b18f30ba4 |date=2014-12-17 }}</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Carphephorus%20carnosus.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, ''Carphephorus carnosus'' ]</ref><ref>[http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=1169 Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants]</ref> It is a shrub up to 90&nbsp;cm (3 feet) tall, covered with many small hairs and producing flat-topped [[inflorescences]] of many small purplish [[flower heads]].<ref name=hagatha/>
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[[Category:Eupatorieae]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of Florida]]
[[Category:Monotypic Asteraceae genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Kunkel Small]]
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