Kalimeris

Kalimeris (or the Kalimeris asters) is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.<ref name=v>Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 37: 464, 491 in French</ref><ref name="gu">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Tropicos, Kalimeris (Cass.) Cass.</ref>

It was first described in 1825 by the French botanist Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781-1832).<ref name=v/>

This genus occurs mainly in eastern Asia (China, Korea and Japan),<ref name="gu"/> 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 or in leafy flat-topped inflorescences. The disc florets are yellow, the ray florets are white, pink or purple.

The chromosome base number is x = 9. The genus's closest relatives are found in the Asian members of Aster and Heteropappus.<ref name="gu"/>

Species<ref name=w/>

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  Kalimeris incisa - habit
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  K. mongolica - habit