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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Kalimeris''
| image = Kalimeris incisa0.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Kalimeris incisa''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| genus = '''''Kalimeris'''''
| genus_authority = (Cass.) [[Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini|Cass.]], [[1825]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
See text.
}}

'''''Kalimeris''''' (or the '''Kalimeris Asters''') is a small genus with 8 species from the sunflower family (Astercaceae).

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 [[Leaf|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 [[inflorescence]]s. The disc florets are yellow, the ray florets are white, pink or purple.

The [[chromosome]] base number is  x = 9.

== Species ==

* ''Kalimeris incisa''
* ''Kalimeris indica'' : Indian Aster
* ''Kalimeris integrifolia''
* ''Kalimeris lancifolia''
* ''Kalimeris mongolica'' : Ghengis Khan Aster
* ''Kalimeris pinnatifida'' : Japanese Aster
* ''Kalimeris shimadae''
* ''Kalimeris yomena''


[[Image:Kalimeris-incisa2.jpg|thumb|left|300px|''Kalimeris incisa'' - habit]]


[[category:Asteraceae]]