Staehelina

Staehelina is a genus of Mediterranean flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.^[2][3]

Staehelina
Staehelina dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Staehelininae Garcia-Jacas & Susanna
Genus:	Staehelina L.
Type species
Staehelina dubia L.
Synonyms[1]
Barbellina Cass. Aplina Raf.

Species

^[1]

• Staehelina dubia L. - western Mediterranean^[4]
• Staehelina petiolata (L.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Crete + Karpathos Island
• Staehelina unifloscula Sibth. & Sm. - Greece, Macedonia

formerly included^[1]

several species now regarded as members of other genera: Athanasia Craspedia Cyrtocymura Gymnanthemum Hirtellina Jurinea Lachnospermum Liatris Ptilostemon Syncarpha Vernonia