Leiboldia is a genus of flowering plants belonging the family Asteraceae.

[1] It is also in the tribe Vernonieae.

[2] It is native to Mexico.

The genus name of Leiboldia is in honour of Friedrich Ernst Leibold (1804–1864), a German gardener and botanical collector.

[3] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.19 on page 742 in 1847.