kalimeris

Kalimeris (or the Kalimeris Asters) is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.It was first described in 1825 by the French botanist Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781-1832).This genus occurs mainly in eastern Asia (China, Korea and Japan), but is also naturalised on Hawaii.

They can grow to a height of 1-1.5 m. The foliage is herbaceous. The blue-green leaves vary per species and are smooth textured. They can be long and narrow, round with large teeth or lobed. The flower heads are solitary ...