Facchinia

{{short description|Genus of Caryophyllaceae plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Die Alpenpflanzen nach der Natur gemalt (Page 19) (7348748338).jpg

|image_caption = Facchinia lanceolata botanical illustration

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Facchinia

|authority = Rchb. (1841)Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch Syn. Red.: 63 (1841)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

• Assoella {{small|J.M.Monts. (1986)}}
• Dufourea {{small|Gren. (1837), nom. illeg.}}
• Schmidtia {{small|Sieber (1813), nom. illeg.}}
• Siebera {{small|Hoppe (1819), nom. rej.}}
• Somerauera {{small|Hoppe (1819)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60466551-2 Facchinia Rchb.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 March 2024.

}}

Facchinia is a genus of flowering plants in the pink and carnation family Caryophyllaceae, native to the Pyrenees and the Alps. Many species in this genus were previously placed in Minuartia.{{cite journal |doi=10.1017/S0960428615000153 |title=A Revision of Facchinia (Minuartia s.l., Caryophyllaceae) |year=2015 |last1=Dillenberger |first1=M. S. |last2=Kadereit |first2=J. W. |journal=Edinburgh Journal of Botany |volume=72 |issue=3 |pages=353–389 |doi-access=free }}