Kalimeris Asters

Kalimeris (or the Kalimeris Asters) is a small genus with 8 species from 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 or in leafy flat-topped inflorescences. The disc florets are yellow, the ray florets are white, pink or purple.


Species
Kalimeris mongolica : Ghengis Khan Aster

Kalimeris indica : Indian Aster

Kalimeris lancifolia

Kalimeris pinnatifida : Japanese Aster

Kalimeris shimadae

Kalimeris incisa

Kalimeris integrifolia

Kalimeris yomena

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