Schlechtendalia is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Barnadesieae within the family Asteraceae.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant, with rigid, linear leaves with a pointy tip.

[7] The only known species is Schlechtendalia luzulifolia, native to southern Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay (Cerro Largo, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rocha), northern Argentina (Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos).

[8] The genus name honors German botanist Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal.

[3] The species epithet luzulaefolia, refers to this plant having leaves similar to a woodrush.