Trixis inula Crantz. Common name: Mexican Trixis, Mexican Threefold, Hierba del Aire, Árnica de Mointe. Phenology: Mar-Nov. Habitat: Open sandy areas, thornscrub, palm groves. Distribution: S. TX, Mexico to n. South America; West Indies.
ID notes: The heads (pseudo-radiate) also sometimes interpreted as liguliflorous.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA19, K4, POWO; = Trixis radialis (L.) Kuntze — Tx, illegitimate name. Basionym: Trixis inula Crantz 1766 "Urbasionym:" Inula trixis L. 1759
Links to other floras: = Trixis inula - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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