Pentzia is a genus of African plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family. One species (P. incana) is naturalized in Australia and in the southwestern United States. The genus is named for Swedish plant collector Hendrik Christian Pentz, 1738–1803. • Pentzia arabica Thulin • Pentzia argentea Hutch. • Pentzia bolusii Hutch. • Pentzia burchellii Fenzl ex Harv. & Sond. • Pentzia calcarea Kies • Pentzia calva S.Moore • Pentzia cooperi Harv. • Pentzia cotuloides DC. • Pentzia crenata Thunb. • Pentzia dentata (L.) Kuntze • Pentzia elegans DC. • Pentzia globosa Less. • Pentzia hesperidum Maire & Wilczek • Pentzia incana (Thunb.) Kuntze • Pentzia lanata Hutch. • Pentzia microphylla DC. • Pentzia monocephala S.Moore • Pentzia monodiana Maire • Pentzia nana Burch. • Pentzia peduncularis B.Nord. • Pentzia pinnatisecta Hutch. • Pentzia punctata Harv. • Pentzia quinquefida (Thunb.) Less. • Pentzia somalensis E.A.Bruce ex Thulin • Pentzia sphaerocephala DC. • Pentzia spinescens Less. • Pentzia suffruticosa (L.) Hutch. • Pentzia tomentosa B.Nord. • Pentzia tortuosa (DC.) Fenzl ex Harv. • Pentzia trifida Schltr. ex Magee & J.C.Manning • Pentzia trifurcata Sch.Bip. • Pentzia viridis Kies numerous species once considered part of Pentzia now regarded as better suited to other genera: Foveolina Gymnopentzia Inulanthera Myxopappus Oncosiphon Phymaspermum Rennera