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

[3] They are native to Europe, and B. salicifolium is in cultivation and has been introduced elsewhere.

[4][5] These are perennial herbs with alternately arranged leaves.

The inflorescence is a solitary flower head atop the stem.

The fruit is a cypsela usually tipped with a pappus of scales; those growing from the ray florets may lack pappi.