Cassinia

Cassinia
Cassinia trinerva
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Achromolaena Cass. nom. alt.
  • Chromochiton Cass.
  • Helichrysum sect. Cassinia (R.Br.) Baill.
Cough bush (Cassinia laevis), Northern Tablelands, NSW

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.

  1. ^ a b "Cassinia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

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