Staehelina
# Staehelina

Staehelina is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

## Species

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

### formerly included

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

