Cassinia

Cassinia
Cassinia trinerva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Cassinia
R.Br. nom. cons.
Synonyms
  • Achromolaena Cass. nom. alt.
  • Chromochiton Cass.
  • Helichrysum sect. Cassinia (R.Br.) Baill.
For the journal, see Cassinia (journal). For the arachnid, see Cassinia macrochelis.

Cassinia is a genus of about fifty-two species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that are native to Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus Cassinia are shrubs, sometimes small trees with leaves arranged alternately, and heads of white, cream-coloured, yellow or pinkish flowers surrounded by several rows of bracts.

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