Cassinia
Genus of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Cassinia | |
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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.[1] |
Synonyms[1] | |
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