Schoenia cassiniana

Schoenia cassiniana
Conservation status
Least Concern (TPWCA)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Schoenia
Species:	S. cassiniana
Binomial name
Schoenia cassiniana (Gaudich.) Steetz
Synonyms[2]
Helichrysum cassinianum Gaudich. Helipterum cassinianum (Gaudich.) DC. Pteropogon cassinianus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. Pteropogon oppositifolius (Steetz) Lehm. Schoenia oppositifolia Steetz

Schoenia cassiniana (common name - Pink everlasting)^[1] is a species of plant in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae, native to Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.^[2] It was first described in 1829 by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré as Helichrysum cassinianum,^[3][4] but was transferred to the genus Schoenia in 1845 by Joachim Steetz.^[3][5]

It is an annual herb, growing to heights of 7 cm to 70 cm on sandy, loamy, clay and stony soils.^[6] Its pink and yellow flowers may be seen from June to November.^[6]