Barnadesia is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.

[2][3] It is native to South America, where it is distributed from Colombia to northern Argentina, with most species occurring in the Andes.

[4] Common names include clavelillo, chivo caspi, espino de gato, and espino santo.

[4] These plants are mainly shrubs and small trees,[5] the largest exceeding four meters in height.

The ray floret yields a fruit with a plumelike pappus, and the fruit from a disc floret has a more "bristle-like contorted pappus".