Tessaria is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae.

Species

• Tessaria integrifolia Ruiz & Pav. - Panamá, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela,
• Tessaria absinthioides (Hook. & Arn.) DC. - Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil
• Tessaria fastigiata (Griseb.) Cabrera - Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
• Tessaria andina M.Monge, Anderb. & Semir - Bolivia
• Tessaria dodonaeifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Cabrera - Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay

formerly included
several species now considered members of Pluchea or Pterocaulon